diff --git a/include/strings.cpp b/include/strings.cpp
index 47d63729f..f3a23130d 100755
--- a/include/strings.cpp
+++ b/include/strings.cpp
@@ -1229,10 +1229,22 @@ const TFilename& TFilename::tempdir()
     _tempdir = getenv("TEMP");
     if (_tempdir.empty()) 
       _tempdir = getenv("TMP");
+#ifdef WIN32
     if (_tempdir.empty()) 
-      _tempdir << SLASH << "temp";
+    {
+      _tempdir = __argv[0];
+      _tempdir.cut(3);
+      _tempdir << "temp";
+    }
     if (!_tempdir.exist())
-      _tempdir.format("%c%s", SLASH, "tmp");
+    {
+      _tempdir = __argv[0];
+      _tempdir.cut(3);
+      _tempdir << "tmp";
+    }
+#else
+    _tempdir = "/tmp";
+#endif
     
     const int last = len()-1;
     if (!is_not_slash(_str[last])) 
diff --git a/xvaga/agasys.cpp b/xvaga/agasys.cpp
index 764841636..c060031b7 100755
--- a/xvaga/agasys.cpp
+++ b/xvaga/agasys.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ static void aga_create_dir(wxString strPath)
   {
     const wxString strDir = strPath.Mid(0,i);
 	  if (!::wxDirExists(strDir))
-			::wxMkdir(strDir);
+    {
+      if (!::wxMkdir(strDir))
+      {
+        wxString strMsg = "Impossibile creare la cartella ";
+        strMsg << strDir << " !!";
+        wxMessageBox(strMsg, "Attenzione!", wxICON_ERROR);
+      }
+    }			
   }
 }
 
@@ -67,8 +74,7 @@ bool aga_unzip(const char* zipfile, const char* destdir)
       if (!wxEndsWithPathSeparator(strOutDir))
 		    strOutDir += wxFILE_SEP_PATH;
 		  strOutDir += strFileName;
-		  if (!::wxDirExists(strOutDir))
-			  ::wxMkdir(strOutDir);
+      aga_create_dir(strOutDir);
     }
     else
     {