Set current directory when using run method

[jii]

Hi!
Is there a way to set the current directory (working directory) when using the run method.
Like when you create a shortcut you can set the working directory.
I don´t want the current dir to be the dir the script is executed from.

/Jii

[adamdelves]

Yes- use

wscript.scriptfullname

this returns the full path of the scripts location. With a bit of manipulation you can also get its working directory.

path = wscript.scriptFullName
dir = Left(path, InstrRev(path, "\") )

[jii]

Hi!
That´s not really what I mean, I wanna change the current directory.

/Jii

[darkness]

Yup you set it on the wshell object in before executing the command. Here is the code from the windows 5.6 docs doing roughly the same thing.

WshShell object.

Remarks
The CurrentDirectory returns a string that contains the fully qualified path of the current working directory of the active process.

Example
The following code displays the current active directory.

[VBScript]
Dim WshShell
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.Echo WshShell.CurrentDirectory

You should be able to change it to another path if you choose: Sample code below.

set wshshell = wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
wscript.echo wshshell.currentdirectory
wshshell.currentdirectory = "c:\"
wscript.echo wshshell.currentdirectory

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[jii]

Hi!
Thanx alot, that was exactly what I was looking for.

/Jii