HOW TO Update the DEFAULT USER Registry Hive’s Environment Variables TEMP and TMP.

HOW TO Update the DEFAULT USER Registry Hive’s Environment Variables TEMP and TMP.

1.  
   Launch REGEDT32.  (START à REGEDT32 à OK)
2.  
   Click (to select) HKEY_USERS.
3.  
   Click FILE, then Load Hive…
4.  
   Type C:\Documents and Settings\Default User in File Name, then click Open.
5.  
   Click (to select) NTUSERS.DAT, then click Open.
6. Enter a desired Key Name then click OK. 

(It doesn’t really matter what you type, as long as you know what it is.)

 

7.  
   Click the + (to expand) beside HKEY_USERS.
8. 
   Click the + (to expand) beside the Key Name you typed in Step #6, above.
9.  
   Click (to select) Environment.
10. Change the TEMP and TMP values to be C:\Temp.
11.  
    Click (to select) the Key Name you typed in Step #6, above.
12. 
     Click FILE, then Unload Hive…

 

13. Close REGEDT32.