windows 7 cannot move temp dvd burning folder

[crunchyfr]

im having an issue with my windows 7 installation ... thats driving me crazy

i burn files to dvd quite a lot during editing video projects for my friend
and im running my os on a ssd and want to limit writes to it.
i have already changed my temp,tmp folder variables to a seperate hdd (d)
and it works well, but the windows temporary dvd burning folder will not change to the hdd (d).

i searched for instructions on how to change the temporary folder location
for burning and its a straight forward process "apparently"

eg... right click dvd drive in computer and select properties/burn tab/temp file location..... the option already said d:\ ! but the temporary files are still going to c:\users\myname\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\burn\temporary burn folder

ive tried changing the location to other drives and rebooted each time
but still temporary files are sent to c:\users\ect....

i thought it might be how i send the files to the drive maybe, but ive tried dragging and dropping, send to and selecting files and click burn to disk button in explorer, every time the files are copied to the c drive
also i dont have any other cd/dvd burning software installed either...

anybody have a clue why this is happening ? and how i can change the location to my d drive ? i really dont want to install a third party burning program when windows built in burning is perfectly usable for file burning

 

[skyripper]

Does "c:\users\myname\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\burn\" stay the same every time?

Rename that burn directory, make a hardlink using command prompt

C:\> md D:\temp\burn
C:\> cd \users\myname\appdata\local\microsoft\windows
C:\users\myname\appdata\local\microsoft\windows> mklink /J burn D:\temp\burn

Give that a go

 

[crunchyfr]

thank you that seems to have worked

although annoyingly the properties of the shortcut in users\appdata\.... and folder on d (burn1) show the location as c:\ect ect but the file i "sent to dvd drive" is on d where i pointed to shortcut to.
it was also was much quicker to copy the file over for some reason.
i have not burnt any files yet though, will wait for the next time my friend comes round for his usual bunch of 50's movies he asks me to get him.

once again a million thanks.

 

[bledd]

Just use IMGburn it's a better burning tool, you can define the locations in the settings

 

[crunchyfr]

Just use IMGburn it's a better burning tool, you can define the locations in the settings

why ? its completely unnecessary for me .... i only burn files to dvd's mainly
if i create a dvd video disk then i will use convertx but thats in the future