Hello forum : )
I was wondering why applications use Window's Temp folder? Especially nowadays where OS are being installed on SSDs - therefore using the temp-folder is "wasting" write-cycles, right?
Yes, I know modern SSDs have a long lifetime, but that is not something we can expect.
Where is the problem by simply using your own temp-folder where the application has been installed? Bare exes seem to have an excuse.. but putting stuff into a folder never harmed anyone...
Then again, why are applications not cleaning up the temp-folder? Some do, yes. Others do not or crash and never get do to it. But still, once restarting, they should check whether they left some stuff there and clean up (in my opinion, as Windows does not clean up the temp-folder and just clogs up).
Is it because we can expect having permissions for writing to the temp-folder but not to where our application resides in?
Should I use the temp-folder? My application is meant to be rather cross-platform, I would prefer to avoid specific adjustments.
Thanks for taking your time : )!