Index: Core/Common/test/Core.Common.TestUtil.Test/TestHelperTest.cs
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diff -u -rac96d7c315129af851634ed5a4a6800b59ede718 -rfb6ca0c708e591684db8b4e877ec4c38b094b5c9
--- Core/Common/test/Core.Common.TestUtil.Test/TestHelperTest.cs	(.../TestHelperTest.cs)	(revision ac96d7c315129af851634ed5a4a6800b59ede718)
+++ Core/Common/test/Core.Common.TestUtil.Test/TestHelperTest.cs	(.../TestHelperTest.cs)	(revision fb6ca0c708e591684db8b4e877ec4c38b094b5c9)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
             string actualPath = TestHelper.GetScratchPadPath();
 
             // Assert
-            string expectedPath = Path.Combine(TestHelper.SolutionRoot, "Scratchpad");
+            string expectedPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "Ringtoets_Scratchpad");
             Assert.AreEqual(expectedPath, actualPath);
             Assert.IsTrue(Directory.Exists(actualPath),
                           $"The directory '{expectedPath}' should exist, such that unit tests have a clean environment to temporarily write files and directories to.");
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
             string actualPath = TestHelper.GetScratchPadPath(subPath);
 
             // Assert
-            string expectedPath = Path.Combine(TestHelper.SolutionRoot, "Scratchpad", subPath);
+            string expectedPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "Ringtoets_Scratchpad", subPath);
             Assert.AreEqual(expectedPath, actualPath);
             Assert.IsFalse(File.Exists(actualPath),
                            $"The file '{expectedPath}' should not exist, as the folder should always be empty at the start of any unit test.");
Index: Core/Common/test/Core.Common.TestUtil/TestHelper.cs
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diff -u -r569a286badd9b3494f5465cc2767a8cf6a77f618 -rfb6ca0c708e591684db8b4e877ec4c38b094b5c9
--- Core/Common/test/Core.Common.TestUtil/TestHelper.cs	(.../TestHelper.cs)	(revision 569a286badd9b3494f5465cc2767a8cf6a77f618)
+++ Core/Common/test/Core.Common.TestUtil/TestHelper.cs	(.../TestHelper.cs)	(revision fb6ca0c708e591684db8b4e877ec4c38b094b5c9)
@@ -58,14 +58,13 @@
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The folder path.</returns>
         /// <remarks>Caller is responsible for cleaning up files put in the folder.</remarks>
-        /// <exception cref="IOException">Thrown when the folder doesn't exist.</exception>
         /// <seealso cref="GetScratchPadPath(string)"/>
         public static string GetScratchPadPath()
         {
-            string scratchPadPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(SolutionRoot), "Scratchpad");
+            string scratchPadPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "Ringtoets_Scratchpad");
             if (!Directory.Exists(scratchPadPath))
             {
-                throw new IOException("The 'Scratchpad' folder has been deleted from the trunk, while tests require the existence of this folder for writing to disk temporarily.");
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(scratchPadPath);
             }
             return scratchPadPath;
         }
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@
         /// <param name="path">The file or folder path inside the 'scratchpad' folder.</param>
         /// <returns>The folder path.</returns>
         /// <remarks>Caller is responsible for cleaning up files put in the folder.</remarks>
-        /// <exception cref="IOException">Thrown when the folder doesn't exist.</exception>
         /// <seealso cref="GetScratchPadPath()"/>
         public static string GetScratchPadPath(string path)
         {
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