"Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > En Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:48:32 -0300, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: >> On Jun 12, 9:09 am, "Richard Brodie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > -- > Gabriel Genellina >
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