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- From: kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: changing working directory for Windows apps running under OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.143700.611@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 22:37:00 GMT
- Organization: Computervision - A Division of Prime Computer
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- A couple weeks ago I posted this same question but had to leave town
- unexpectedly for a week so I missed any followup that may have occured.
- But to the point ...
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- I'm trying to get some Windows applications to startup using different default
- directories from the ones they happen to reside in. For example, try as I
- might I have been unable to have Word for Windows start with a default
- directory of anything other than c:/winword. So everytime I start the
- application and want to work on specific files I need to change the directory
- spec in the "Open" dialog.
-
- Under windows I could simply specify the working directory as a part of the
- application properties and everything worked fine. But I've not been able to
- get this to work under OS/2. I've tried changing the working directory in the
- settings but it doesn't have any effect once the application actually starts
- running.
-
- Overall I really do like OS/2, but it's little things like this that detract
- from the overall product.
-
- Ken
-
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