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SMS_WORKING_DIR Environment Variable Ignored on Win16 Clients

Article ID: 165699

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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This article was previously published under Q165699

SYMPTOMS

It is possible to set an MS-DOS environment variable, SMS_WORKING_DIR, that can be used to point a shared application to a default working directory. However, this variable is ignored by shared applications on Win16 clients. As a result, when a user clicks Open on a shared application's File menu, the default directory is the distribution server's package share.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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