Program shortcuts not working properly

When Windows XP starts an application it seems to remember
the last place that a file was opened by that particular
application. E.g. if I use an application to open a file
from C:\Temp, then the next time I use the application and
go to open a file the folder that it looks in is C:\Temp.
However, I want to override this 'memory' and force some
of my applications to look to open files from a specific
directory each time I load it (i.e. I don't want it to
look in the last folder that I opened a file from). In
previous versions of windows this was achieved by using
the "Start in" property of the application's shortcut.
But in windows XP this property seems to be ignored. Does
any one know how to get Windows XP to recognise this
property properly?

Thanks,
Adrian

It usually depends on the actual application, not Windows XP itself.


"Adrian" wrote in message
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When Windows XP starts an application it seems to remember
the last place that a file was opened by that particular
application. E.g. if I use an application to open a file
from C:\Temp, then the next time I use the application and
go to open a file the folder that it looks in is C:\Temp.
However, I want to override this 'memory' and force some
of my applications to look to open files from a specific
directory each time I load it (i.e. I don't want it to
look in the last folder that I opened a file from). In
previous versions of windows this was achieved by using
the "Start in" property of the application's shortcut.
But in windows XP this property seems to be ignored. Does
any one know how to get Windows XP to recognise this
property properly?

Thanks,
Adrian