Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/10/13/15:20:20
> 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.
Could you clarify what you mean by shell? Do you mean command line shell such as
command.com and bash? Or do you mean running another file browser?
The above works with different command shells, but I don't think that was how
you meant the word to be interpreted.
Johan Venter
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