Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > (setq temporary-file-directory "~/tmp/")
You can see how it is set on my Windows XP machine. Basically it some directory under my "My Documents" path. I never had any problems with this setup. ,----[ C-h v temporary-file-directory RET ] | temporary-file-directory is a variable defined in `C source code'. | Its value is "~/tmp/" | Original value was | "c:/DOCUME~1/KJAMBU~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/" | | Documentation: | The directory for writing temporary files. | | You can customize this variable. | | [back] `---- #+begin_src emacs-lisp (expand-file-name "~/tmp") #+end_src #+RESULTS: : c:/Documents and Settings/kjambunathan/My Documents/My Data/tmp --
