Temp file won't delete without exiting the program

[ronkeys]

I'm currently running Adobe Audition (and I've posted this with their forum) but I understand that the following problem was also occuring with Cool Edit 2, so ...

I'm trying to run a batch function on a number of files but Audition refuses to delete temp files, so every new file adds to the temp directory. Therefore, I am soon out of disk space shortly after starting my batch routine. Hence I can't complete the operation.

So, I tested this issue manually by using the pull down menu option Free Up Space in Temp Files and deleted the unwanted files. Then deleted any open files. So there was no open files but when I checked my temp directory using Win Explorer, sure enough, the temp files remained. Temp files will go away only when I exit the program ... but this is not satisfactory because I need to run the batch function and you can't set the batch to turn the program off and back on, obviously.

Any ideas on why the temp files do not go away? Is this a programming glitch? I am using Win 98se with a ton of free hard drive space and temp folder reserves set to 20 meg so there are no issues with those settings.

How do I make the temp files delete without exiting the program?

Thanks in advance.

[nocturn]

hmmm, have you tried changing the undo settings? Would setting max undo levels to 0 (ie. disabling undos) prevent audition from generating unnecessary temp files perhaps?

[ronkeys]

I've learned to turn undo off, but thanks for the suggestion. I've been trying to get a macro program to do what I need but it has been trying. With a macro program I can actually record all of my keystrokes and then therefore shut Audition down and, with it, the temp files disappear. The macro reloads the program and selects the next file to work on. This solves my batch problem with Adobe Audition but the macro program (AutoRecorder v3.3) is very unfriendly to work with -- in script mode -- and I am still not set with it ... almost there, but not quite.