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"Fatal error- Cannot create temporary folder. The program will exit"

Marie_AimeeBabona_Nshuti — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:25:29 GMT

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I am trying to install ArcGIS Desktop 10.6.1 on a window server 2016, and the set up is not opening I am getting this error "Fatal error- Cannot create temporary folder. The program will exit"

Thanks for your support

Re: "Fatal error- Cannot create temporary folder. The program will exit"

RandallWilliams — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:09:52 GMT

This sounds like you can't get to %temp%. It's either a permissions issue, you don't have a %temp% environment variable, or (potentially?) you have a roaming profile. If you right-click and select runas: administrator, do you have luck?

Re: "Fatal error- Cannot create temporary folder. The program will exit"

Marie_AimeeBabona_Nshuti — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:46:41 GMT

Thanks William for your answer.

I have tried to run as administrator yet the error message comes out.

I've tried to create the environment Temp or change setting like this: Creating a new Temp environment and change variable setting How to Fix "Unable to execute file in the temporary directory" Error on Windows 7, 8 and 10 - Appuals.com

still the error persist.

Re: "Fatal error- Cannot create temporary folder. The program will exit"

Anonymous User — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:26:14 GMT

In the event anyone else comes across this post, I ran into a similar issue when upgrading to 10.8 from 10.7.1. In my case, the issue was two-fold. I created a folder of the same name the setup file wants to create in C:\Users\Administrator\Documents called "ArcGIS 10.8" Additionally, I found the installation file to be corrupted. Once I deleted the ArcGIS 10.8 folder, restarted my machine, and re-downloaded the installation files I was off to the races! Hope this helps.

Re: "Fatal error- Cannot create temporary folder. The program will exit"

JoeBorgione — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:29:56 GMT

These guys always seem to have the answer...