Cannot open file for output (Matlab) - image

I am having a problem in matlab and the problem is described as follows:
When i try to read an image ( I have several images) and write them to a specific folder, the matlab triggers an error saying
Error using ==> imwrite at 394
Can't open file "\Temp\\inim735282.4716703009300000.jpg" for writing.
You may not have write permission.
May I know why this is happening?
this is the code where the problem occurs
mkdir('.\Temp');
temp_name = sprintf('%.16f',now);
corner_file = ['\Temp\corners', temp_name,'.in'];
image_file = ['\Temp\inim', temp_name,'.jpg'];
out_file = ['\Temp\out', temp_name,'.desc'];
out_imname = ['\Temp\out', temp_name,'.desc.jpg'];
I tried to change it by omitting
mkdir('.\Temp');
moreoever, i direct the path in the folder to the folder by doing this
binary_path = 'C:\Users\cool\Documents\MATLAB\Experment\experiments\bag_of_words\Temp';
to read and and write in and out of the folder.
Can someone please help me figure out this problem?
Thank you guys

Open MatLAB with admin privileges.

A few suggestions:
To generate a temporary output name use the command tempname.
temp_name = tempname();
To concatenate paths and file names use fullfile.
conrner_file = fullfile( '\', 'Temp', 'corners', [temp_name, '.in'] );
You should be careful not to mix '\Temp' and '.\Temp': as the first is an absolute path, while the second is a relative path to cwd.
EDIT:
How about:
temp_name = tempname(); % temp name + folder name in TEMP
corner_file = [ temp_name,'.in'];
image_file = [ temp_name,'.jpg'];
out_file = [temp_name,'.desc'];
out_imname = [temp_name,'.desc.jpg'];
Is it working now?

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