%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DefaultUserEnvironment
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp
TEMP
environment variable might contain a tilde (~
) which is used to shorten long paths: PS C:\> $env:temp C:\Users\DOMA~1.REN\AppData\Local\Temp
$env:temp
needs to be expanded to the real path. This is possible with PS C:\> [System.IO.File]::GetFullPath($env:temp) C:\Users\DOMAIN.Rene\AppData\Local\Temp