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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T06:29:25+00:00 2026-05-12T06:29:25+00:00

When I start GVim and start writing my little program I’d like to save

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When I start GVim and start writing my little program I’d like to save the file to the Desktop but it seems that Vim is starting the command line in:

C:\Windows\System32

How would I go about changing that to:

C:\Users\Casey

so then I could just:

:w Desktop\my_program.py
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    2026-05-12T06:29:26+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 6:29 am

    Assuming you’re starting gvim from an icon/shortcut in Windows (from the kind of paths you supply), you can change the starting directory (completely independent from the fact that it IS gvim: it would be the same from any other app!) by editing the “starting directory” property of that Windows icon/shortcut.

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