I have a file I need to write to a temp location, what is the best place in Windows? This file needs to not move as I need to read it a couple of times and dispose it when I close the program.
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I have a file I need to write to a temp location, what is the best place in Windows? This file needs to not move as I need to read it a couple of times and dispose it when I close the program.
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As commentator pointed out, GetTempFileName() is not threadsafe – but you can construct unique file names based on GUIDs.