Specifying PowerMill temporary file area

By default, PowerMill projects use the default Windows temp folder (defined in your Windows System Properties) as the temporary area.

To define a custom PowerMill temporary file area:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. This displays the System Properties dialog.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Environment variables.
4. Click New to add a new variable name and value.
   1. In the Variable Name field, enter POWERMILL_USER_TEMPDIR.
   2. In the Variable Value field, enter the path where you want your PowerMill temporary folder to be. For example, E:\PowerMill_Projects\TemporaryFiles.
5. Click OK in all open dialogs to save changes and close them.
6. Create the temporary folder in Windows to the path where you specified the variable. For example E:\PowerMill_Projects\TemporaryFiles.

Note: If there are any problems with the variable you have specified, PowerMill reverts to the default Windows temporary file area.