How to move the temp folder of the TIBCO Spotfire Web Player to another drive/location.

How to move the temp folder of the TIBCO Spotfire Web Player to another drive/location.

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Article ID: KB0081708

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Products Versions
Spotfire Web Player 7.0 and lower
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Description

This article will help in the case where Web Player server's C: drive has limited space, and you want to move your temp folder to another drive to keep the C: drive from running out of space.

 

Issue/Introduction

How to move the temp folder of the TIBCO Spotfire Web Player to another drive/location.

Resolution

Instructions to change Temp folder location:

1) Open web.config from <Installation dir>\TIBCO\Spotfire Web Player\7.0.0\webroot folder in a text editor.

2) Search for the following section and change the parameter value to your desired location.

<setting name="TempFolder" serializeAs="String">
           <value>Desired_Location\Temp</value>
           </setting>
3) Save the web.config file.

4) Restart Web Player application pool or web site.