Tip: move your temp files from flash to SD card

shsmith · 12-11-05, 12:12 PM

In WM2003 the temp files always went to \TEMP. On WM5 most of these now go to \Application Data\Volatile, which is in your (slow) flash memory.

You can speed up a few things, as well as opening up more room by moving this folder to your SD card.

Open a registry editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\FileSys and edit the TempPath key.

I changed mine to \SD Card\Volatile. You may need to create the Volatile folder on your SD card (not sure--it may do it automatically).

ellandry · 04-29-06, 04:52 PM

What is the tweak to do this on wm2003? I dont see Filesys under system in the registry

TFJetfire · 04-29-06, 07:18 PM

Thanks for that bit of info - I bought a 2 GB SD card and want to move more of my memory tasks to this card rather than rely on the internal MB

04-29-06, 09:04 PM

is sd faster or cf
i kinda assumed it would be cf so i moved mine there

luimoto · 04-30-06, 01:57 PM

What happens if you deliberately or accidentally remove your SD card, does your handheld become unstable, or does it map the temp files to another folder in device?

ellandry · 04-30-06, 05:24 PM

What is the tweak to do this on wm2003? I dont see Filesys under system in the registry

DoDoubleGeo · 05-01-06, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by ellandry

What is the tweak to do this on wm2003? I dont see Filesys under system in the registry

I don't think you need to worry about this for for WM2k3. I have never noticed any temp files going anywhere other than to the \My Documents\ folder. The most you can consider is relocating the folders (i.e., Cache, Cookies, History) for Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE). These you can find in the registry @ \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\Shell Folders\. Beware that this can cause some slowdowns when using PIE.

DudeZXT · 05-02-06, 01:51 PM

If you have changed the registry to make the Temporary Internet Files (and other files) go to an SD card and you turn the device on with your card removed, the Axim will make a new folder in internal memory, named SD Card. When you plug your SD Card back into the Axim, it will then show your card as SD Card2.

I freaked and restored my device the first time this happened, but there is a simpler solution: go back into your registry editor program and direct the Temporary Internet Files (and other files that were directed to the SD Card) back into the Windows directory. Soft reset your Axim and it will still show the SD Card and SD Card2 directories, but now you can delete the SD Card (internal memory) directory. Soft reset again and it should only show one SD Card directory and that will be your actual SD Card. Then you can go back and change where you finally want your Temporary Internet Files to go and Soft reset, again.

techydude · 05-03-06, 02:44 AM

Originally Posted by themaxx

is sd faster or cf
i kinda assumed it would be cf so i moved mine there

hi themaxx,

short answer is, "it depends"

checkout this thread where there's some serious geekery in progress

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=123788

scroll past emmee & PaulSM having a bitch at each other, after that you get to the good (albeit not quite conclusive) stuff. but consensus seems to be that SD may be the way to go.

SD is probably also preferable if you ever intend to add other peripherals to your Axim (GPS, VGA output, USB host, whatever), many of which will only be offered in CF, not SD, as SD's just way too small to do some of these things.

anthony

cunyalen · 06-14-07, 11:42 AM

When I'm watching online streaming video with windows media player, it buffers and the memory goes down quickly, and then my phone is frozen. After a while, it gives me an error message saying that the momery is too low.

Where is the cache file for WMP for streaming video? Can we move it to Storage Card? I checked internet temporary files, application data/volatile, application data/microsoft/media player, my documents, temp etc. I can't even find it.

Thanks a lot.
Alen