My program breaks when run with batch

[smithi]

Trying to run a simple program I created in batch. The program uses a relative hard-coded file-path within itself to access data files within the program directory.
When I run my program by double clicking on it, it works fine.
If I run my program with batch, my error pops up saying it can't find the relative data file any more.

Batch code:

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@echo off
start "Reminders" "%~dp0Reminders\Bin\Reminders.exe"

I also output the relative file-path for the data file if it can not be found, and it is correct.

So what could be causing my program to not be able to find the data file when run with batch?

[orange_batch]

The only problem could be that it's working in the wrong directory. So that means it's being passed along by command prompt to your program. Either reset it explicitly within your program, or change the current directory of Command Prompt first.

You can accomplish this while keeping your paths relative.

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@echo off
pushd "%~dp0Reminders\Bin"
start "Reminders" "%~dp0Reminders\Bin\Reminders.exe"
popd

Or simply...

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@echo off
pushd "%~dp0Reminders\Bin"
start "Reminders" "Reminders.exe"
popd

Let me know if it works.

[smithi]

That works tyvm