Question

I have an exe process that is running with a shortcut.
In the “Start in” property of the shortcut I set it to the folder where all app resources are. The process still looks for files at the location of the exe and not the location written in the shortcut.

I can also see it in Process Explorer – the “current directory” is the location of the exe.
Is there a way to change it?

(If I wasn’t clear enough –
I want to put my app in a central network location and not in each user folder – but I want it to run – above each user folder by putting a shortcut in each user folder.)

BTW : Why don’t I solve it with code writing? Because of third party jars I have in my exe (I am using exe4j to make an exe)

Answer 1

From exe4-j documentation.., it seems this can be configured in exe4j project.

Working directory
For some applications (especially GUI applications) you might want to change the working directory
to a specific directory relative to the executable, for example to read config files that are in a fixed
location. To do so, please select the Change working directory to: checkbox and enter a
directory relative to the executable in the adjacent text field. To change the current directory to the
same directory where the executable is located, please enter a single dot.