Anilrgowda

Question: We have home folders and folder redirection enabled in our organization and have a slight problem. We have several automated bat files that run according to a certain schedule and because of the home folders, we've begun encountering problems. The Home Folder has been designated as the I drive so when you open a command prompt it defaults to the I directory. We can manually open a command prompt on the C drive by launching it from the Windows directory but this will not work for the scheduled jobs. Is there any way to force the bat file to open in the C directory? Is there a particular command I can put in the bat file itself to switch over. Chdir does not work and I am unable to switch the directory by doing cd.

Anilrgowda

Ok.. I know this might seem rediculous, because I am NOT a DOS guru, but
Just add the follow to the top of the BAT file.

C:


When I open the DOS prompt on my networked machine, it is directed to the
Z: drive.

When I open it locally with a BAT file it defaults to C:\Documents and Settings etc...

I created a test BAT file and put in Z: and it redirected to that drive before it did anything else.

Try it..

Just type in C: on the very first line of your BAT script.