Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 1999 11:57:58 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Johan Venter <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: How to configure rhide ?
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Johan Venter wrote:

> If you open an explorer window and change to any directory, it becomes the
> current directory for any other programs you care to load.

That's because Explorer is the default Windows shell.  In other words,
START->RUN is handled by the Explorer, so its default directory is the
default directory of the programs you start.

Which also means that people who replace their Windows shell with some
other program will not be able to use this method.

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