diff --git a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCase.kt b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCase.kt
index 984fe1a69dd1..87295a51e92c 100644
--- a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCase.kt
+++ b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCase.kt
@@ -65,14 +65,16 @@ import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent
 open class GuiTestCase {
 
   companion object {
+    private val PROJECTS_ROOT_FOLDER: File = File(FileUtil.getTempDirectory())
+
     @ClassRule
     @JvmField
-    val projectsFolder: TemporaryFolder = TemporaryFolder()
+    val projectsFolder: TemporaryFolder = TemporaryFolder(PROJECTS_ROOT_FOLDER)
   }
 
   @Rule
   @JvmField
-  val guiTestRule = GuiTestRule(projectsFolder.apply{ create() }.root.canonicalFile)
+  val guiTestRule = GuiTestRule(PROJECTS_ROOT_FOLDER)
 
   val settingsTitle: String = if (isMac()) "Preferences" else "Settings"
   //  val defaultSettingsTitle: String = if (isMac()) "Default Preferences" else "Default Settings"
diff --git a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/launcher/GuiTestLocalLauncher.kt b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/launcher/GuiTestLocalLauncher.kt
index 84a3b8e1d172..768791ca7c3b 100644
--- a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/launcher/GuiTestLocalLauncher.kt
+++ b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/launcher/GuiTestLocalLauncher.kt
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ object GuiTestLocalLauncher {
       .plus("-Didea.config.path=${GuiTestOptions.configPath}")
       .plus("-Didea.system.path=${GuiTestOptions.systemPath}")
       .plus("-Dfile.encoding=${GuiTestOptions.encoding}")
+      .plusIf(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") != null, "-Djava.io.tmpdir=${System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")}")
       .plusIf(!ide.ideType.platformPrefix.isNullOrEmpty(), "-Didea.platform.prefix=${ide.ideType.platformPrefix}")
       .plus(ide.ideType.ideSpecificOptions)
       .plus(customVmOptions)