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[T. Crane]

"Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote in message 
news:mailman.9018.1181675163.32031.python-list at python.org...
> En Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:48:32 -0300, <kyosohma at gmail.com> escribió:
>> On Jun 12, 9:09 am, "Richard Brodie" <R.Bro... at rl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>> If you open a DOS window and run Python from there, it will write the 
>>> files
>>> in whatever directory you were in when you typed the command.
>>>
>>> If you are running Python directly from Windows, or from an IDE, it's up
>>> to the OS or the IDE to decide what your default directory is. Often it
>>> will be the home directory from your user profile.
>>
>> Oops. My bad. I didn't know that the IDE behaved differently than the
>> DOS window.
>
> You almost certainly use a shortcut to open the program, either in your 
> desktop or Start menu. Right click on it, choose Properties, Shortcut tab, 
> and see what it says for "Startup Directory" (or something like that). 
> That will be the original "current directory" when the program starts; but 
> it may be changed afterwards.

AHA!  thank you :)  I checked the shortcut and NO start up directory was 
specified, which caused it for some reason to choose the K: drive.  After 
specifying the startup directory it works as I want it to.

thanks,
trevis



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