The action you are describing is used to open the folder referenced by the TEMP environment variable.
Click Start and select Run or tap the key
- R to open the Run dialog.
Type %TEMP% into the Open: text box and click OK or tap Enter ↵. The folder referenced by your TEMP environment variable will open.More environment variables can be found by opening a command prompt window and entering the command
SET. A list can also be found within the System Properties. The Advanced tab holds an Environment Variables button that initiates a child dialog box with many variables listed.Two common uses of this procedure involve %PROGRAMFILES% (to quickly access c:\Program Files) and %APPDATA% (to access the specific user's program specific data repository).