Enables or disables flat temporary folders.
For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.
Syntax
flattemp {/query | /enable | /disable}
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
/query |
Queries the current setting. |
|
/enable |
Enables flat temporary folders. Users will share the temporary folder unless the temporary folder resides in the user’s home folder. |
|
/disable |
Disables flat temporary folders. Each user’s temporary folder will reside in a separate folder (determined by the user’s Session ID). |
|
/? |
Displays help at the command prompt. |
Remarks
- The flattemp command is only available when you have
installed the Terminal Server role service on a computer running
Microsoft Windows Server® 2008.
- You must have administrative credentials to run
flattemp.
- After each user has a unique temporary folder, use flattemp
/enable to enable flat temporary folders.
- The default method for creating temporary folders for multiple
users (usually pointed to by the TEMP and TMP environment
variables) is to create subfolders in the \Temp folder, by
using the logonID as the subfolder name. For example, if the TEMP
environment variable points to C:\Temp, the temporary folder
assigned to the user logonID 4 is C:\Temp\4. Using flattemp,
you can point directly to the \Temp folder and prevent subfolders
from forming. This is useful when you want the user temporary
folders to be contained in home folders, whether on a terminal
server local drive or on a shared network drive. You should use the
flattemp /enable command only when each user has a separate
temporary folder.
- You might encounter application errors if the user's temporary
folder is on a network drive. This occurs when the shared network
drive becomes momentarily inaccessible on the network. Because the
temporary files of the application are either inaccessible or out
of synchronization, it responds as if the disk has stopped. Moving
the temporary folder to a network drive is not recommended. The
default is to keep temporary folders on the local hard disk. If you
experience unexpected behavior or disk-corruption errors with
certain applications, stabilize your network or move the temporary
folders back to the local hard disk.
- If you disable using separate temporary folders per-session,
flattemp settings are ignored. This option is set in the
Terminal Services Configuration tool.
Examples
- To display the current setting for flat temporary folders,
type:
flattemp /query
- To enable flat temporary folders, type:
flattemp /enable
- To disable flat temporary folders, type:
flattemp /disable