>Hi all,
>
>i have an appi running on a server. This appi is used by several pc's. We have put a new pc with windows xp and sp3 installed on it.
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>when we start our appi we get an error message like : 'error locating config file -- bad path ?'
>
>the shortcut points to "X:\cpswin\fact.exe" and begin in points to "X:\cpswin"
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>On all the other pcs the application starts perfectly.
>
>does somebody has a clue ?
>
>thnx

Check for the PATH system variable.