#2056 7-zip does not respect TEMP settings when dragging folders from archive with mouse

[Adrian Chlubek]

Hi,

The bug is: 7-zip doesn't respect temporary folder settings when you drop folder from archive using GUI, using mouse, to some directory on your hdd. Then 7zip will use system temporary directory. It is on Windows x64, latest stable.

Best regards

[RavenMind]

I'd like to add to this discussion my disappointment about this feature.
This has been a known bug since AT LEAST 2007. See bug report 671. 10 years now and it still hasn't been fixed!!!
Why even have this feature if it's not usable?
So many people are going to SSD's now, and the constant writing/deleting to the Windows Temp folder is killing our very expensive drives!
For those of you interested in this problem, this was also brought up (AGAIN!) here, and the workaround solution was to use the double pane feature, instead of drag & drop. Not an actual solution if you ask me.

Edit: There's another workaround that can be done by changing the location of the Windows Temp folder. See HERE.

To change the location of the System Temp folder, follow the steps given below.
1. Right click on Computer and click on Properties. In the resulting window with the basic information about your computer
2. Click on Advanced system settings on the left panel resulting in a dialog box click on the Advanced tab
3. Click on the button near the bottom labeled Environment Variables.
4. You may see both TMP and TEMP listed in the section labeled User variables for (account). That's the common location; each different login account is assigned its own temporary location.
5. In the Variable value Edit box you may specify the path to the directory that Windows and many other programs will use for temporary files.

Be sure and repeat that process for both TMP and TEMP.

You'll need to restart any running programs for the new value to take effect. In fact, you'll need to restart Windows for it to begin using the new value for its own temporary files.

Can we expect to ever see this issue being addressed?
Thanks, from a long-time 7-Zip user/lover.

[Mikey]

I'm having the same problem. Within a 7z archive I set tools->options->folders to current (radio box), yet a temporary file is still created in %TEMP%. This is extremely annoying because my passworded archives appear there UNPASSWORDED, meaning if someone else gets hold of my computer they can potentially see confidential information.

[Uğur Yıldız]

+1

[VladimirII]

+1

Blaming Microsoft Windows for the issue is not acceptable. WinRAR has no such issue doing the exact same thing.
After ranting whats wrong with 7zip I had to go back use WinRAR to extract something because there was not enough space on the windows-temp drive, that´s why it is set to use a different drive. It´s important - usability, speed (For some in using RAMdisk), security, drive degradation.

EDIT: Using 2 pane view or context menu is not intuitive!

[Mr.X]

+1

I want to use my RAMdisk.
Help!!!!
I don't want to wear off my SSD!!!!!

Thank you for such a great program.