Unlike NT and Vista, in Win7, dragging a .BAT file to the Start button no longer works. In fact,
the screen flashes by so fast I can't even read the error w/o a PAUSE after the .exe file.
When I do so, basically, the DIR is not where it came from, but is System32 !!!
When I double-click the .BAT file in Explorer, it works fine.
When I copy a Shortcut to my Startup DIR and re-boot, it works fine.
The only way around this was to insert CD statements B 4 the .exe; now it works with the Start button as well.
Why is this now necessary in Win7? In fact, via the General tab, there is no "start in'.
Example:
fails: ===>
C:\windows\system32>openwait.exe
'openwait.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
now works: ===>
C:\windows\system32>cd \
C:\>cd DAD
C:\DAD>cd TOOLS
C:\DAD\TOOLS>cd MYPROGS
C:\DAD\TOOLS\MYPROGS>cd OPENWAI2
C:\DAD\TOOLS\MYPROGS\openwai2>openwait.exe
? (O/P from my program)
