Run Program - More Elegant

[ccris]

Hi,

I am trying to run a quirky utility that will only start "when started from its own directory".

(I subsittuted actual name of directories with yyy and xxx)
The complete path is: C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\Utility.exe

If I
Run>C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\Utility.exe
the program replies with an error box: "The Utility must be run from xxx installation Directory".

I have found one clunky way of getting this done: by going to CMD, doing a CD, send>Utility.exe, ENTER, close CMD.

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Run>CMD /k cd C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\
Wait>0.2
SetFocus>Administrator*
Send>Utility.exe
Press ENTER
WindowAction>3,Administrator*

I am wondering if this could be accomplished in a more elegant way, using the Run> command only?

Thanks,

CC

[JRL]

There are several other ways you could do this. Try:

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Let>CWD=C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\
Run>Utility.exe

[ccris]

Thanks for quick reply.
Tried, MacSch generates the following error:
"Error executing Utility.exe (2:The system cannot find the file specified)".

I stepped through lines and see that in system variable CWD, path was set correctly.
However, the run command did not seem to utilize the path contained in system variable CWD.

[Me_again]

Try:

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Change Directory>C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\
Run>Utility.exe

[JRL]

Sorry, my test worked without the path on the Run> line. Guess it isn't always so.

Try adding the full path to the run line:

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Let>CWD=C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\
Run>C:\Program Files\yyy\xxx\Utility.exe

Or try me_again's code

[ccris]

Quick feedback:

"Try adding the full path to the run line:"
Did not work, same error.

However,
Me_again's suggestion
Change Directory>
worked.

So simple! (I didn't even know "Change Directory>" was there...)

Thanks again to all!

CC