Actually I that's the normal behavior. The TEMP environment variable is loaded by your user profile, but %TEMP% points to %WINDIR%\TEMP by default if it isn't set explicitly. You can test this by running 'runas /noprofile /user:some_user cmd', %TEMP% will point to %WINDIR%\TEMP. Whatever script you're running is just running before the profile has finished loading. You might want to add a second or two of delay or use a directory that you know is writeable by the user.
On Jan 8, 2008 12:32 AM, le dahut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No it is not, it is a fresh installed XP, and the same problem occurs on > undreds of machines running XP and 2k. But I forgot to precise that once > the session is opened and the desktop is completely loaded, %TEMP% > points to the correct directory (C:\Doc & Settings\<user>\...\temp). > > This strange behaviour occurs only at logon. If someone has any ideas or > addresses where I can find some ideas ? > > Tim Roberts a écrit : > > le dahut wrote: > >> I've a strange behavior with windows XP, %TEMP% points to %WINDIR%\TEMP > >> instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Local Settings\Temp" > at > >> logon time. Since I have a program that uses temp files it can write > >> there when a non-admin user logs on so it failed with traceback etc. > >> > >> Why ? Is there a KB article about that ? > >> > > > > This is almost certainly a machine that used to run Windows 9X, and was > > upgraded in place to XP. On 9X, there was no "Documents and Settings" > > directory, so temp files went into \Windows\TEMP, and the XP upgrade > > process tries to maintain that. > > > > I would think that MANY things would fail if %TEMP% were not writable. > > > > You could fall back to %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp, I suppose. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > -- _____________________ Ceci n'est pas un email.
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