Microsoft KB Archive/124766

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Working Directory on Network Server After Workstation Install

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Q124766

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office for Windows NT, version 4.2
 * Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you run PowerPoint from the Microsoft Office Manager toolbar (MOM), the active (working) directory is the network server directory from which you installed Microsoft PowerPoint.

Note that this behavior occurs when you run a workstation installation of any 16-bit application from MOM under Microsoft Windows NT; the working directory used is a directory located on the network server, instead of the local user directory.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you perform a workstation installation of Microsoft PowerPoint, and you then start PowerPoint from MOM. Normally, when you start a Microsoft Windows NT application from MOM, the working directory for that application is the local user directory.

Note that when you start PowerPoint from the application icon at Program Manager, the working directory is the local user directory as expected.

WORKAROUND
To change or set the working directory for an application in MOM, do the following:


 * 1) From the Microsoft Office menu, choose Customize.
 * 2) Choose either the Toolbar tab (if you run the application from the toolbar button), or the Menu tab (if you run the application from the menu).
 * 3) Select the application that you want to set a working directory for, and choose the Edit button.
 * 4) In the Working Directory box, enter the working directory for the application, and choose OK.
 * 5) Close the Customize dialog box.