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Correct location to save a temporary file in Windows?

Asked 2009-04-15T16:09:35.767
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I have a file I need to write to a temp location, what is the best place in Windows? This file needs to not move as I need to read it a couple of times and dispose it when I close the program.

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use

Path.GetTempPath();

or 

Path.GetTempFileName();

As commentator pointed out, GetTempFileName() is not threadsafe - but you can construct unique file names based on GUIDs.

answered 2009-04-15T16:13:28.923

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