Windows 7 file opening issue

[Faevilangel]

I am having issues opening "locally stored" files on my pc, one is an email attachment and one is via an ftp client, I get the same error that the files don't exist in appdata/local/temp/file-name

One is a txt file and one is a doc file so not an issue with one type of file, it seems that Windows is not saving the files in the temp folder to be opened?

Anyone ever come across this and know of a fix?

 

[Paul_Rosser]

Seen it before and was an issue with security, gave myself full access to /appdata/local/temp and then it worked.

If you already have access then see how many files there are in the directory, from memory the max for a FAT32 formatted drive is 65k.

 

[Faevilangel]

Seen it before and was an issue with security, gave myself full access to /appdata/local/temp and then it worked.

If you already have access then see how many files there are in the directory, from memory the max for a FAT32 formatted drive is 65k.

How do I do the security? it's been working fine for 3 years or so and only started happening this week

There are 88 folders in the temp folder, with a file size of 32.5kb and 36kb on disk

 

[Paul_Rosser]

Could be a windows update which has caused the issue.

If you hit start/run and type %temp% this will take you to the directory windows uses for temp files, right click in there and select properties, then select the security tab.

Check that both system and you have every option ticked, If not click on advanced and then click on "disable inheritance" and the click on which user is missing the permissions and add them.

If that doesn't work you could try changing your temp path, create a new folder called c:\temp or anything else you like, then right click on my computer and select properties, click on the advanced tab and then environment variables, change temp and tmp to c:\temp (or whatever you created) and then see if it works.

 

[Naheem]

Or you could try system restore?

 

[Naheem]

well i went by what he said "Windows is not saving the files in the temp folder to be opened?"

So gave him an option to do a system restore.

 

[Paul_Rosser]

Or you could try system restore?

He could also do a complete wipe and install linux ;-)

The problem with a system restore would be that if it's a windows update which caused the issue then after the restore it would download and install it again.

 

[Naheem]

He could also do a complete wipe and install linux ;-)

The problem with a system restore would be that if it's a windows update which caused the issue then after the restore it would download and install it again.

You can choose to manual update the windows or click on which one you want really.

 

[Paul_Rosser]

You can choose to manual update the windows or click on which one you want really.

You could if you knew which one caused the issue. But if that's the case would be quicker and easier to simply uninstall that update than do a system restore.

 

[123Simples]

I don't have a fix Faevilangel as there is insufficient information to offer the fix solution - however, I never use Temp Folders to save anything in, and always tend to use a specific FOLDER DIRECTORY for downloads, email attachments, etc and never seem to have had an issue with that method so far. Also using Windows 7 - let us know how you got on with this however

 

[Paul_Rosser]

I don't have a fix Faevilangel as there is insufficient information to offer the fix solution - however, I never use Temp Folders to save anything in, and always tend to use a specific FOLDER DIRECTORY for downloads, email attachments, etc and never seem to have had an issue with that method so far. Also using Windows 7 - let us know how you got on with this however

When you open a file from an application such as Outlook windows creates a temporary copy of the file automatically into whatever is set as your temp folder (default is appdata/local/temp).

You could choose to save the attachment first into a folder and then the problem shouldn't occur, it's just a pain to do this every time you want to open an attachment.

 

[Faevilangel]

Could be a windows update which has caused the issue.

If you hit start/run and type %temp% this will take you to the directory windows uses for temp files, right click in there and select properties, then select the security tab.

Check that both system and you have every option ticked, If not click on advanced and then click on "disable inheritance" and the click on which user is missing the permissions and add them.

If that doesn't work you could try changing your temp path, create a new folder called c:\temp or anything else you like, then right click on my computer and select properties, click on the advanced tab and then environment variables, change temp and tmp to c:\temp (or whatever you created) and then see if it works.

User has full permissions in security tab, deleted all folders from temp and still happening, gonna setup a new temp folder to see if that helps

 

[Faevilangel]

Run Ccleaner over the pc, installed some W7 updates and now looks to be solved,

thanks for the help @Paul_Rosser

 

[Paul_Rosser]

You are most welcome.

 

[Stephen Pothecary]

Alternative is to use the native Windows Cleanup (right-click the disk drive in question on My Computer) select properties and click the icon that says "Disk Cleanup" - this looks at logs and temp file locations and removes items that are no longer valid. This is a handy 'first' attempt at resolving issues along these lines, but as mentioned above other applications are available once this has been completed and not resolved the issue.
Be careful with System Restore, people seem to use this more often than required and can result in some issues further down the line. It should be used as a semi last resort (other than a full format). There are things you can do before this.