James - I have considered Proc Mon, but I'm not certain where to look, as
the address that is SHOWN in IE seems to be contrived. Also, I believe that
the setting is changed on startup....would Proc Mon catch that?

Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE

Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the
Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings.

On May 10, 2011 7:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not familiar w/Office2010, so I'm takin' a WAG here...
>
> I am also still on XP Pro SP3.
>
> In the system settings (in XP, it's SystemProperties - Advanced -
> EnvironmentVariables), there are TEMP settings both for SYSTEM and for the

> current user.
>
> TEMP for SYSTEM points to .\admin$\TEMP
>
> TEMP for current user points to %USERPROFILE%\LocalSettings\Temp.
> Temporary Internet Files are another folder.
>
> Again, this is for the much older OS, so the path (as well as where to
> find the environment variables) may have changed.
>
> May not work, but you've been given an idea. Hope it works, and good
> luck!
> --
> richard
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> 05/10/2011 06:40 AM
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> Subject
> Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes "Outlook cannot create the
> work file"
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>
> I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed the question, and i'm
> usually a pretty patient guy when it comes to this list, but the guy is
> probably going to begin the format/reinstall process today if I don't have

> a solution for him. Any ideas?
> Thanks, and I apologize for being a pest.
> Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE
> Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the
> Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings.
> On May 9, 2011 7:31 PM, "Jonathan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Any help here would be appreciated. I'm trying to avoid another engineer
>> having to format and reinstall. I've googled and kb's until I've no
> other
>> ideas...
>>
>> When launching Word or Outlook (both 2010 - fresh install,
>> albeit likely done via Easy Transfer), the user gets, "Word (or Outlook)
>> could not create the work file. Check the temp environment."
>>
>> In IE (Presently IE8, but had the same issue before removing IE9), the
>> "current location" is listed as
> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary
>> Internet Files\, yet when you click on "View Files" it opens the folder
>> defined by this registry key:
>>
>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders :
>> Cache
>>
>> I can change the setting in IE, reboot, and all is well. I've also tried
>> this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2027053
>>
>> If I reboot again, the problem recurs.
>>
>> I've also tried this on another user profile on the machine, and gotten
> the
>> same results. It works the first time, but then changes after a reboot.
>>
>> I'm at my wits end.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE
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