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PerlSvc: Current Working Directory for Windows Services.

Posted by troyt on 2007-02-28 17:38
OS: Windows | Product: Perl Dev Kit | tags: cwd PerlSvc
Question: 

PerlSvc: What is the current working directory of a Windows Service?

Answer: 

The Windows Service control Manager uses C:\WINNT as the current working directory, not the directory where the PerlSvc executable is stored.