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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Odd behaviour of WinOS2... Changes directories... Kno
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.170520.17193@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan19.030307.29515@midway.uchicago.edu> <727684393snx@tgm.CAM.ORG>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:05:20 GMT
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- In article <727684393snx@tgm.CAM.ORG> eric@tgm.CAM.ORG (Eric Trepanier) writes:
- >No, Windows 3.0/3.1 will keep the current directory from where it was booted.
- >So if started from C:\DOS, the Windows current directory would be C:\DOS.
- >Besides, with Program Manager 3.1, one can set the starting directory in the
- >program item setting, whether it is a DOS or a Windows program. This method
- >would work under WinOS/2 3.1 obviously.
- >However, under Windows 3.0, it was possible to specify a starting directory,
- >only for DOS programs, through the use of .PIF files. This would not work
- >under WinOS/2 3.0, but of course you don't need it anyway, since you probably
- >start your DOS programs from OS/2 directly...
-
- It could be a bug, in which case you should report it. If you have a
- CompuServe account, type GO OS2USER and post a message in message area
- 16.
-
- A somewhat inelegant workaround is to write a simple batch file (e.g.
- WIN.BAT) which runs WINOS2. It would include some simple logic to
- preserve the original directory location and restore it.
-
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