I am having a problem with all of my MS Office files, I am unable to save any documents, and if I try to, Word could not create the work file....temp environment comes up. I have looked under other forums and I was directed to go under environment variables and delete the temp files. Instead by mistake I deleted the user variables. Ooops. Is this something that can be fixed?
I appreciate any help I can get.
Thank you,
Jeremiah
Easiest would be to go back to a restore point from before you deleted the user variables. Also, If you know the path of the user variables folder, you can recover it from a restore point (shadow) with Shadow Explorer - this is the easier solution. Both approaches do, of course, require a valid restore point from before the deletion. The restore point situation you can check with Command Prompt (open as administrator) and type in VSSADMIN LIST SHADOWS. That will list all your restore points - they are dated.
If you need more guidance on the Shadow Explorer method, come back and I will tell you - but prerequisite is a valid shadow (restore point) and you need the path to the folder you are looking for.
@whs: Environment variables are stored in the registry so System Restore may work as I think it keeps a copy of the registry but Shadow Explorer probably wouldn't work.
@Jeremiah: How many user variables were there? If it was just the default two then you should be able to recreate them. Here is a list of what those two are:
TEMP - %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP - %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
Also where did you get the info on this? I'm not sure how deleting the variables could help.
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