Vegas 4.0d problem--or me?

vitalforces wrote on 8/30/2003, 12:59 PM

Hey-I tried to install the 4.0d update and got this message: "Unable to write to the temp directory in C:\Documents and Settings\Fred Smith\Local Settings\Temp\. Check that you have write access to this directory."

I'm stumped looking for answers, removed every read-only setting I could find, and this is the only update patch that I can't install. Anyone else having this problem?

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 8/30/2003, 1:38 PM

Are you using Win 2000 or Win XP and if so are you logged on as the administrator? (you should be to install software). Does the directory actually exist? Is there enough temp space on your hard drive? Sometimes the text of the error doesn’t actually reflect he real problem but there seems to be an issue with writing to your C: drive. These would be the most obvious. I installed 4.0d on my Win XP Home system without any problem.

~jr

vitalforces wrote on 8/30/2003, 1:49 PM

Thanx for the fast answer. I have XP Home and did some fast Google searching for a little orientation as to what's going on. Then I just tried the near-obvious and it worked. Manually deleted all the files in the Temp folder and the install went in fine. Duh.