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johngoche

Hello,

On the file system there is a directory which I can access
from the command prompt by typing: cd %TMP% or cd %TEMP%.
This directory contains a file named epocwind.out. However, when
I do a search no such file is found on the hard drive.

In environment variables these are defined as user variables
as %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp and as system
variables as C:\WINNT\TEMP.

Why can I not see this directory on the file system?

Thanks,

JG
 
In Windows Explorer...
Click the Tools menu
Click Folder Options
Click the View tab
Click Show hidden files and folders
Click [OK]

Austin M. Horst
 
On the file system there is a directory which I can access
from the command prompt by typing: cd %TMP% or cd %TEMP%.
This directory contains a file named epocwind.out. However, when
I do a search no such file is found on the hard drive.

In environment variables these are defined as user variables
as %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp and as system
variables as C:\WINNT\TEMP.

Why can I not see this directory on the file system?
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Is your issue that a search doesn't bring up the file "epocwind.out" in its
results or that you can't see the folders %TMP% or %TEMP% in Windows
Explorer?

For more reliable finding files, you could try Agent Ransack from
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

Andrew
 
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