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From: cpa@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Christopher P Avram)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: W4W change doc directory?
Summary: I cant use PIF files to do it.
Keywords: Windows tips
Message-ID: <1990Dec15.082012.15782@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 15 Dec 90 08:20:12 GMT
References: <10730007@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> <1990Dec14.122008.19073@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <87892@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
Organization: Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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In relation to methods of changing the default directory used by 
windows apps:-

In article <87892@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov 
(David R Preston) writes:
>With a pif file.  ...
>...  I'm not sure exactly how to do it

I have tried and I cant do it with PIF files, they seem to be
only for dos apps. The only way I have beeen able to do it is with the 
the 15 step method. The 15 step method allows many diferent start up
directories one for each Program Item icon created. The 15 step 
method doesnt require an extra pif file (on my system 8Kbytes) for
each default directory. Pif files would be good if they worked,
then it would be possible to prompt for a document name at app load
time as is possible with dos apps.