Thank you for your help.
On my PC your code returns the same value as sys(2023). Are you suggesting that your code returns name of the TEMP directory more consistently than sys(2023)?
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>#DEFINE MAX_PATH 260
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetTempPath IN kernel32;
> INTEGER nBufferLength, STRING @lpBuffer
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetLongPathName IN kernel32;
> STRING lpszShortPath, STRING @lpszLongPath, INTEGER cchBuffer
>
>? GetLongTempPath()
>
>FUNCTION GetLongTempPath
> LOCAL cPath, cLongPath, nBufsize
> cPath = Repli(Chr(0),MAX_PATH)
> cLongPath = Repli(Chr(0),MAX_PATH*2)
> nBufsize = GetTempPath(Len(cPath), @cPath)
> cPath = LEFT(cPath, nBufsize)
> = GetLongPathName(cPath, @cLongPath, Len(cLongPath))
>RETURN SUBSTR(cLongPath, 1,AT(Chr(0),cLongPath)-1)
>
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