Thanks for the response Lucas. I am not with a company but am an independent contractor so IT can't help. I have no idea why those files were lost when redirecting temp path but they were. I really appreciate the advice.
LM
Hi Luke-
From my experience, changing the system temp folder shouldn't delete any temp files - it should just redirect where new temp files are placed. The reason this step is useful is because some IT groups set up machines to store temp files on a network drive somewhere, which can often times introduce a lag in what should be a small and simple I/O operation. By changing that to a local drive like C:\Temp, that'll make sure it is a quick local I/O operation without any network overhead.
Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of great suggestions on how to determine what it was set to before, other than to check with your IT team to see where the default location is for your organization. You could also check with coworkers to see what their system's default location is, and then try to go to a similar location on your system. If your IT team does not do anything special, the typical default is C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Temp.
Side note - I know this doesn't help you at this point, but for future reference, I'd also suggest not storing anything of high importance in the system temp directory, as these files are typically subject to getting automatically cleaned up by whatever developer/application created them. I don't believe windows itself will go clean the directory automatically, but applications that created temp files might delete those temp files at a given interval, so it's probably best practice to only leave things in the Temp directory that can be cleaned up at any time.
I hope this helps.
-Lucas
Hey Lucas,
I followed a lot of your steps in attempt to speed up processing time of clipping rasters in Arc. Something happened when I redirected the temporary folder path, step 14, I lost important files in my temp folder. I tried doing a system restore but couldn't recover the files. Do you know any way I could revert back to the old temp folder path and restore those files? I searched my entire computer for the files and they're just gone.... I hope you can help.
Thanks.
I have noted that via Arc Catalog 10.5.1 if you add file addiitonal types such as .geodatabase or .xlsx, xls or .mxd so these are manageable and viewable from Arc Catalog this creates a huge hit on ARCGIS's performance in all sorts of areas, from saving, to printing from within Arcmap . I realised this was an issue in Arcgis a few versions ago but would have thought it was fixed by now. Anyone know how to improve this and also keep the file types known by Arc Catalog?
Thanks
Mat
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