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Subject: Re: The system cannot execute the specified program
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On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:42:43 GMT in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Wes"
<wingalls AT ucsd DOT edu> wrote:

>Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I'm limited to the solutions that 
>will work for me because of the circumstances. I am trying to use the dos 
>program by calling it from a Widget (see http://konfabulator.com). The 
>widget can access dos programs through a function that invokes a unix shell. 
>The problem occurs because the working directory for a widget is very far 
>down a chain of directories, and is not changable.
>
>I have a work around that is not very pleasant. By placing the dos 
>executable in the users root directory, I can work a call that can use it. 
>This solution creeps me out, because it looks so much like a virus at work. 

Create an MS Windows shortcut that invokes the program and sets the
working directory, then run the shortcut (perhaps using "start")
instead of running the program directly. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Brian DOT Inglis AT CSi DOT com 	(Brian[dot]Inglis{at}SystematicSW[dot]ab[dot]ca)
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