compression to temp, can it be avoided?

I'm looking for compression software that doesn't write to the temp directory on your C drive an then copy it to the file location that you specified.

Its really getting annoying wait 3-5min for it to uncompress and then waiting another 3-5 min as it transfers to a different hard drive or partition.

If it handles multiple formats, mainly *.rar and *.zip, that would be a bonus.

in winrar:
options > settings > paths
clear the temp file path.

if that doesn't help, winrar is just being retarded. there is no reason to use temp files except maybe when writing to floppies or flash media.