>>Maybe you didn't have default directory set under Tools, Optiions, File Locations in VFP7 but do in VFP8?
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>Bingo, that was it. Now, the question is, why the shortcut not having priority over the VFP setting? After all, it should as it's the first level of setting in this case. Otherwise, that means that no matter what we will put in there, it will never have any impact.

You can pass start-in directory as a parameter to your program and set directory it in the program.