Title: Missing a temporary folder – Windows Server as host
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Missing a temporary folder – Windows Server as host

 *  Resolved [rmckibben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmckibben/)
 * (@rmckibben)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-windows-server-as-host/)
 * I was able to install images just fine and now I am getting the “Missing a temporary
   folder.” error.
 * I am using WINDOWS server 2012 r2
    IIS 8.5 WP 4.5.3 (storefront theme) php 5.5.38
 * php.ini has never been messed with
    – except that I tried to add /tmp/ (and many
   variations thereof) to the upload_tmp_dir

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 *  Thread Starter [rmckibben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmckibben/)
 * (@rmckibben)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-windows-server-as-host/#post-7653610)
 * I resolved this. In my php.ini file, I added the temp file location and gave 
   the Windows user “Everyone” permission to write to that folder and propagated
   those permissions to subfolders. PHP file edited to this:
 * upload_tmp_dir =C:\Windows\Temp

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