Setting a folder size??

Hi there,
This is my first time to install OCS; the doc says that the TMP env. variable has to refere to a directory with 300mb of free space; originally, how can I create or set a folder size on windows??
thanks alot.

If you have a disk thay offers a filesystem with 10 GB and you create a directory in this dilesystem than it could contain up to 10 GB (which includes your 300 MB).
So, in essence just create a directory in a filesystem (or disk in Windows) that is large enough to contain the 300 MB.
cu
Andreas

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I used the Scripting.FileSystemObject Comobject to measure size, since that's a bit faster.
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