Windows temp directory details (Java)

Question

I\'m writing a program that needs a generic temp folder. I\'m trying to find details about the Windows Temp folders. There are two paths that I know about -

Answer 1

To answer part of your question - if you're using .NET, you can use the Path.GetTempPath() method of the System.IO namespace to get the location of the temporary directory.

// Get the path of the temporary directory
string tempDir = Path.GetTempPath();

// "Creates a uniquely named, zero-byte temporary file on disk and returns the full path of that file."
string tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();