@sterretjeToo

Describe the request

IDE 2.0 leaves a lot of directories files behind in (Windows system) C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp. Request to collect them all in one dedicated Arduino directory.

If the cause is a virus scanner that prevents cleanup, it's safer to just exclude on directory instead of the complete directory.
If the cause is Windows or the IDE, it's easier to manually clean up at occasion.

Describe the current behavior

Directories and files that can be found in C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp

• Files C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\.arduinoIDE-unsaved*.
• Directories C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\longNumber (e.g. 5577006791947779410206689246) with files index.gz, index.json and index.json.sig.
• Directories C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\longNumber\arduino-ide2-longHexNumber; directories are empty
• Directories C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino-language-serverNumber (e.g. arduino-language-server525288423`).
• Directories C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino-sketch-longHexNumber (e.g. arduino-sketch-07DD36AA0DA5BBED7460DCF645FC5952).
  • Fixed by Store all files added to temporary folder below a single dedicated folder arduino-cli#2028
• Files C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_updateconfiguration_yyyyMMddHHmmss.log
• Files C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\gdb-server-console-number.log (e.g. gdb-server-console-5992.log).
• Files C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Temp\system-includes-number.clangd (e.g. system-includes-75256d.clangd`)
• ico files
• github-remote
  • The folder is empty
  • Origin: https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/blob/v1.31.1/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/plugin-github-resolver.ts#L39
• http-remote
  • The folder is empty
  • Origin: https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/blob/v1.31.1/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/plugin-http-resolver.ts#L37
• theia_upload
  • The folder is empty
  • Origin: https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/blob/v1.31.1/packages/filesystem/src/node/node-file-upload-service.ts#L55

Arduino IDE version

arduino-ide_nightly-20221217_Windows_64bit

Operating system

Windows

Operating system version

Win10 Home

Additional context

Above list from IDE 2.0.3; I haven't consistently used the nightly build to be sure if the list has not changed significantly but a number of the above directories and files are certainly there.

Additional Requests

• setup TMP folder manually needed - Windows Security! #2786
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/is-pc-cleaning-software-interfering-with-ide-2-3-2/1251269

Related

• Store all files added to temporary folder below a single dedicated folder arduino-cli#2028
• Store all temporary files under a single folder arduino-cli#2031
• Refined the definition of build_cache.path and the --build-path behaviour arduino-cli#2673

Issue checklist

• I searched for previous requests in the issue tracker
• I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest nightly build
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