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Forge-Media

opened on Dec 1, 2016

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Hi.
Downloaded Processing 3.2.3 copied the files to:
C:\Program Files\Processing\processing-3.2.3
The Documents folder is located at:
D:\Users\<user-name>\Documents\Processing

When I try to download a module or library I get the following error: Could Not Write To Temporary Directory

Restarting processing makes no difference, neither does a system restart.

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1. Forge-Media commented on Nov 8, 2017

   

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   Any ideas?
2. benfry commented on Nov 9, 2017

   

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   Open a command prompt and type ECHO %TEMP%. That'll print out a location on your machine. Go find that directory and make sure that you have permissions to write to it. Sometimes weird things happen on Windows where you get locked out of your own folders.
3. Forge-Media commented on Nov 21, 2017

   

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   Bitdefender...

   Safe Files & Application Access Module, causing this problem.
4. benfry commented on Nov 26, 2017

   

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   Very odd… why would it be complaining about a folder created by Processing, though? (We do all the temporary files inside the sketchbook folder to avoid this kind of problem.)
5. AyakaKouyama commented on Jul 9, 2018

   

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   Wow Bitdefender =_= Had same issue thanks :D
6. dandylow commented on Jun 7, 2020

   

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   Same problem lol :D
7. benfry

   changed the title [-]Could Not Write To Temporary Directory [Win 10] [3.2.3][/-] [+]“Could not write to temporary directory” in the Contribution Manager when BitDefender is installed[/+] on Sep 23, 2020
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9. benfry commented on Sep 23, 2020

   

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   What's Bitdefender doing, though? We're writing a temporary file to the sketchbook folder there, it's not like it's a Windows system directory.
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    help wantedWe have very little time and would like some helpWe have very little time and would like some help

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11. hydra981 commented on May 13, 2022

    

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    might be really late now but I hope this helps
    file > pref > sketchbook location > I removed OneDrive and works perfectly
    C:\Users*\OneDrive\Documents\Processing
    C:\Users*\Documents\Processing
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13. github-actions commented on Jul 15, 2026

    

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    This issue has been automatically closed and locked.

    Processing 3.x is no longer actively developed. Since January 2020, development moved to the Processing 4 repository.

    If this issue is still relevant to Processing 4, we'd love to hear from you. Please open a new issue at:
    https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/new/choose

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