Do TIFs always save to somewhere on C drive?

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To save space on a very crowded C drive, the TIFs have been set to save to a
secondary drive (E).
However, the space available on C still seems to gradually reduce and then
increase again when TIFs are occasionally deleted, by exactly the same extent
as seen on E.
Does this indicate that there is some hidden default location on C where
TIFs are always stored, even if you tell Windows to use E for this, and in
addition to them being stored on E???
 
CW said:
To save space on a very crowded C drive, the TIFs have been set to save to
a
secondary drive (E).
However, the space available on C still seems to gradually reduce and then
increase again when TIFs are occasionally deleted, by exactly the same
extent
as seen on E.
Does this indicate that there is some hidden default location on C where
TIFs are always stored, even if you tell Windows to use E for this, and in
addition to them being stored on E???
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Not a expert here but it would seem to depend on where the TIF's were loaded
from:
If received from somewhere online then YES they would be in the IE temp
files until you routinely cleared that file.
If transferred direct from a camera then I doubt they would be anywhere but
where you stuck them.
SG
 
Like shakey stated I would delete everything in my temp folder.... To do so,
Click the start Menu and then click run. Where it says open type %TEMP% and
then it enter. A folder should open named TEMP Folder. Delete everything that
is in that folder and then delete it from the Recycle Bin. and then check
your memory status.

I would do this on a routine basis.
 
CW said:
To save space on a very crowded C drive, the TIFs have been set to save to a
secondary drive (E).
However, the space available on C still seems to gradually reduce and then
increase again when TIFs are occasionally deleted, by exactly the same extent
as seen on E.
Does this indicate that there is some hidden default location on C where
TIFs are always stored, even if you tell Windows to use E for this, and in
addition to them being stored on E???
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Where are these TIF files being "saved" from? And by what program?

Whenever you download files from the internet, IE6 usually saves copies
in your "Temporary Internet Files" folder. This folder can consume a lot of space.
Fixing that is easy. Open your Internet Options panel. (Start, Settings, Control Panel,
Internet Options.) In the middle of the first tab, you should see a section labeled
"Temporary Internet Files". Click the "delete files" button in that section, then click "OK".

You can also click the "Settings" button to the right of the "Delete Files" button to
adjust the maximum amount of space on your C: drive you want used for temporary
Internet files. You can set it anywhere from zero up to the amount of available
free space. If your C: drive is "very crowded" as you say, then I'd recommend setting
it to about 10MB or so. (My C: drive is huge, and I like the convenience of having
pictures on web sites pop up quickly, so I set mine to 1GB. It all depends on
your equipment and your personal preferences.)
 
FFSAT said:
Like shakey stated I would delete everything in my temp folder.... To do so,
Click the start Menu and then click run. Where it says open type %TEMP% and
then it enter. A folder should open named TEMP Folder. Delete everything that
is in that folder and then delete it from the Recycle Bin.
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That's a bad idea. Never delete anything in the user Temp folder (usually
C:\Docs-and-Settings\UserName\Temp) from the current session or even
the last 2 or 3 sessions. If files are in use, Windows won't let you delete them
anyway. Only delete old stuff from several sessions ago. Otherwise you can
cause applications with unsaved work to loose data.

And as for the system Temp folder (%SystemRoot%\Temp), I wouldn't monkey
with that at all. WIndows will empty that itself.

Anyway, doing that wouldn't help the OP's problem. I suspect his problem is
temporary internet files, which are located in a different folder altogether.
C:\Docs-and-Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
or something like that. (See my other post from a few minutes ago about
how to delete those files.)
and then check your memory status.
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Deleting files from disks doesn't free up memory. It only frees up disk space.
If you need more available memory, buy more RAM or run fewer apps.
 
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