update extracts files to wrong drive

I noticed an odd issue while manually installing a windows update.
I downloaded the update manually via the update catalog, as I was having
issues with automatic updates installing it. Upon launching the downloaded
..exe installer file, I saw that it was extracting the files to my f:\
drive, which I use for data storage. Shouldn't the files extract to a
windows temp directory on the c: drive? Is there a command line switch or
something I can use to tell the updater where to extract it's included
files?
Why if I merely launch the installer, which I saved on drive c:, is it
wanting to extract to my f: drive in the first place?
Thanks for any help anyone can provide on this interesting issue.

p2pdude wrote:
> I noticed an odd issue while manually installing a windows update.
> I downloaded the update manually via the update catalog, as I was
> having issues with automatic updates installing it. Upon launching
> the downloaded .exe installer file, I saw that it was extracting
> the files to my f:\ drive, which I use for data storage. Shouldn't
> the files extract to a windows temp directory on the c: drive? Is
> there a command line switch or something I can use to tell the
> updater where to extract it's included files?
> Why if I merely launch the installer, which I saved on drive c:, is
> it wanting to extract to my f: drive in the first place?
> Thanks for any help anyone can provide on this interesting issue.

Start button --> RUN --> type in:

cmd /k set

--> click OK

What's after:
TEMP=
and
TMP=

Also:
SystemDrive=
and
SystemRoot=

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