argv[0] has no full path name on winnt

[Eric Britten]

Nick Shaffner wrote:

> > I have this wrapper application which uses argv[0] to figure out the
>
> > directory where it was been installed, setting up all the other
> > necessary enviroment variables before firing up the main
> > application. Well, this works on win95; on winnt argv[0] returns
> only
> > the first token on the command line (without the full pathname). Is
> > there a way to get full pathname of the executable that works on
> both
> > win95 AND winnt?
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Try the GetCommandLine() funciton ( not sure of exact name )
> --
> Nick Shaffner
> http://users.intur.net/~nshaf/
>

   If GetCommandLine doesn't work, then use GetModuleFileName

GetModuleFileName(NULL, exepath, exepathlength);

Eric Britten

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