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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: How to Change directory before running an application ?
Message-ID: <46093.26f21662@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 15 Sep 90 01:54:10 GMT
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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Can someone please tell me how to change directory in Windows. I'm writing a
small application which allows the user to select an application, and start it
in the current directory in the File Manager. (I just scan the Windows sub-menu
for the directory that's checked).

To do that, i need to do a chdir operation. I've tried chdir from the C library,
followed by WinExec, but it doesn't work. I've tried prepending the directory
name to the application name and calling WinExec. That also doesn't work.

I'm sure there is a simple solution to this problem. Any ideas?
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Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |
Monash University               |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia.  |  fax:    +61 3 565 4944 or 3409