I already tried this, but I can't get it to work . . . I want to CD to a directory, run a program, and CD back to where I started from. I can't get it to work. Any way I try, my CPU works overtime.
I can't even get it to work from a batch file, or anything.
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Well what your asking, or how to do it, isn't clear. In C code, WinAPI, or batch file, each would be different. Since I'm most familiar with WinAPI I risk posting some code that would be more suited to the windows forum:It seems a wasted of effort to change directories though as a path to the file can be specified.Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <windows.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { TCHAR szCurrentDirectory[MAX_PATH]; GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH, szCurrentDirectory); SetCurrentDirectory("e:\\projects\\old\\cm8kpersonedit\\release"); ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "CM8KPersonalityEditor.exe", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); SetCurrentDirectory(szCurrentDirectory); printf("Press 'Enter' to continue . . . "); getchar( ); return 0; }
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Brian
> Any way I try, my CPU works overtime.
What exactly do you mean (or want for that matter).
If your program depends only on the CPU, then it will use 100% of it no matter what you do.
Things you can try are
- make your program lower it's priority
- sprinkle the code with some Sleep() calls.
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