>I just did a test and changing the TMPFILES setting, and re-starting VFP did change both the value returned by SYS(2023) and the setting in the Options dialog. In both cases, they were the same.
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>Perhaps it does have something to do with the trailing backslash I mentioned in my other post.

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Yes and I tested it too :) Interesting, if you use tmpfiles, then it changes and sys(2023) returns that path. If you use edit,prog... then actually again temporary dir changes but not sys(2023) nor "tools\File locations". So I record sys(2023) as returns "tmpfiles" setting not "temporary" :)
Cetin