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Can anyone else confirm this behaviour, using EDP 3.2c?

Basically, it seems to ignore parameters that are (i) subdirectories; AND (ii) under C:\TEMP.

To illustrate:

- Bring up the Windows Run dialogue
- Type "c:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\ExamDiff.exe" c:\ and hit Return
- EDP will start up, with the opening dialogue showing c:\ as the first directory to compare - that is fine, as it should be
- do the same again, but with this command line: "c:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\ExamDiff.exe" c:\temp - this time, EDP starts with the compare dialogue showing the last files to be compared, even though Directories is selected.

So, if this is the same for everyone, do I have to separately log this error, or will this forum post do the trick? I am a registered user.

It works with EDP 3.0

Actually, the behavior is the same for 3.0 and 3.2c. If the last comparison was for files, and you supply only one directory name, Compare dialog will take the second name from the file comparison. The same is true for supplying one file name after running directory comparison. This seems wrong; we'll try and fix it in the next release.

Hello psguru, I'm not sure I explained the issue clearly enough. In my case, the c:\temp (for example) that I supply as the first parameter is completely ignored. Can you tell me whether you see the same behaviour? cheers

Try this: go to command line, then type "set", then hit Return. If your "TMP" setting is "C:\Temp", then the fix I mentioned in my previous reply will fix this problem too.

psguru wrote:Try this: go to command line, then type "set", then hit Return. If your "TMP" setting is "C:\Temp", then the fix I mentioned in my previous reply will fix this problem too.

Hi psguru, TMP (and TEMP) are set to c:\TEMP on my system. Thanks, I'll look out for the next version.

Alternatively, you may want to change your TMP setting to more common C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Local Settings\Temp folder (you can do this in Control Panel | System | Advanced | Environment Valiables).