Hi Eric,

Thanks for the response.

I must not have explained my situation very well as the solution you described is the exact opposite of my problem. I know how to change the FoxPro default directory, it's the DOS session directory I was stumped with. Oh well.

Now that I think of it, I'll just create shortcuts for all the DOS applications I'm running and set their working directories there.

Just call me the king of kludges!

Hugh

>lcDir = curdir()
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>*!* Do whatever the heck you want here...
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>set default to (lcDir)
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>*!* Or
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>cd (lcDir)
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>*!* Carry on, no worries...
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>>So the old code (when run in the new application) changes the default directory then goes away then the next line runs a DOS application in a new DOS session which expects the previously set default DOS directory -but the directory previously set was set in a different session. (At least I think that is what is happening.)
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>>So the question is:
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>>Is there a way for me to set a "global default" DOS directory under Win98 & Win2K that will work with all subsequently called DOS sessions? Or do I need to wrap my calls to the various DOS applications that expect a certain
>>"default" DOS directory setting in a batch file that first sets the default DOS directory then runs the application then goes away?
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>>Obviously I'm looking for a cheat here. I don't want to have to write a couple of dozen batch files (if I can help it).
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>>Thanks in advance for any help or direction you can give me.
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>>Hugh