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How do use Working Directory in the Icon Property sheet?

To use Working Directory to allow you to navigate quickly to a particular folder for an application (File>Open), first specify the name of the folder in the Icon Property sheet. (To open the Property Sheet, right click an icon, and choose Properties).

Enter the working directory you would like your software application to open into when the user chooses File>Open.

Save your settings and close the Icon Property Sheet.
Finally for this to work, there must be a file of the type expected by your application in the actual folder you have specified in the Working Directory.

So if you wanted Notepad to open into c:\myclients\text files, then a .txt file must exist in this folder for Working Dir. to work correctly.

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