I have a program that will shell to a batch file and this thread was
helpful.

The program may be installed with different paths on different machines
so I am working on creating the batch file within VB to get the active
path.

I'm finding that if I set up the batch file to work with a drive other
than C that if I copy the program to the c drive it no longer works and
vice versa.

The problem comes from if the program is on the c drive the command
prompt is at ...My Documents. This is the homepath or homedrive
setting. I can't change to another directory on the c: drive when this
is the case or invoke the invoke the program I want to run with a fully
qualified path.

For instance if my appliction is on the c: drive then a batch file
consisting of

cd c:\
pathtofiletorun
filetorun

works,

However,

If I copy the folder that all these files are in to another drive say e:
and try it it doesn't work as the prommpt stays at ...My Documents

In that case I can I can set up the batch file as:

e:
filetorun

In this case after specifying e: the prompt is at the active directory.

The program files are only copied from one place to the other. Would
actually installing them and writing their location to the registry
affect this?

Thanks for any help

Is there some way for it to work for both situations?


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