Hi, hconnery@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I am doing a remote start of GIMP for Windows from a Visual Basic 6 > application. that looks something like this: > > response = Shell("C:\Program Files\GIMP\bin\gimp.exe > C:\ImpImages\Main.SelectedImage") > > Once GIMP is up and running I make a copy of the specified image and do > some other stuff to it. The problem is, when I do a "Save As", the default > directory in the "Save Image" dialog box does not always refer to the > directory that the original image is located in. Instead it refers to the > directory where the Visual Basic Application is running from. > > Is there some way to force the default directory to be the same as the > directory I specified when remote starting GIMP? yes, change to the desired default directory before you start GIMP. Salut, Sven