how to change directory from a registry entry?

[mschoonmaker]

I need to be able to replace the system's SHELL with a EXE
(say, 'Excel.exe'), this is no problem for me. However, I
need the EXE to load a particular program ('sample.xls')
that is in another folder (say, 'temp'). This, by itself,
is also no problem.

HOWEVER, I MUST end up executing from the 'temp' folder,
as there is legacy code in the xls file that expects the
currently executing directory to be itself.

In DOS, I would have built a BATCH file with a 'CD \temp'
statement in it before calling the EXE. However, I need to
perform this operation in a single line of code in the
shell statement (in the registry!)

 

[Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP]

I need to be able to replace the system's SHELL with a EXE
(say, 'Excel.exe'), this is no problem for me. However, I
need the EXE to load a particular program ('sample.xls')
that is in another folder (say, 'temp'). This, by itself,
is also no problem.

HOWEVER, I MUST end up executing from the 'temp' folder,
as there is legacy code in the xls file that expects the
currently executing directory to be itself.

In DOS, I would have built a BATCH file with a 'CD \temp'
statement in it before calling the EXE. However, I need to
perform this operation in a single line of code in the
shell statement (in the registry!)

How 'bout you write that trusty batch file and launch the batch file
from the registry??

 

[Mike Schoonmaker]

How 'bout you write that trusty batch file and launch the batch file
from the registry??

Thanks for the respose, but not desireable to take a band-
aid approach. There must be _some_ mechanism for doing
this!

Mike