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I'm trying to zip up a huge file, but it fails since my C:\ drive doesn't have enough space. How do change it to use another drive?

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Set the %Temp% variable to whatever path you would like to use, e.g. F:/Temp/. – hesse Jan 9 at 22:11
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As Hesse said, change the Environment Path %Temp% to an alternate location. You can do this by Right-Clicking on My Computer then selecting Properties. If you are using Windows 7 you will have to click on the link "Advanced System Settings" in the pane on the left. Select the Advanced tab. Click on the button named "Environment Variables".

Select %Temp% from the list and edit it with the new location.

All programs that use the Temp directory will now use the new path specified.

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@john2x Prefer to not put it on a disk that would be removed. Before you think about changing disk/partiton letters, rearranging disks, or having disk problems, rememeber that you change it. the system itself can often cope without it being right, but some programs using it wont. – Psycogeek Jan 10 at 5:30
Thanks. Does this require a reboot? – john2x Jan 10 at 13:01
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