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Subject: Patch 7.4.077

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From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>

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Patch 7.4.077

Problem:    DOS installer creates shortcut without a path, resulting in the

            current directory to be C:\Windows\system32.

Solution:   Use environment variables.

Files:      src/dosinst.c

*** ../vim-7.4.076/src/dosinst.c	2013-05-06 04:06:04.000000000 +0200

--- src/dosinst.c	2013-11-06 18:18:47.000000000 +0100

***************

*** 1773,1781 ****

  /*

   * We used to use "homedir" as the working directory, but that is a bad choice

!  * on multi-user systems.  Not specifying a directory appears to work best.

   */

! #define WORKDIR ""

  /*

   * Create shortcut(s) in the Start Menu\Programs\Vim folder.

--- 1773,1783 ----

  /*

   * We used to use "homedir" as the working directory, but that is a bad choice

!  * on multi-user systems.  However, not specifying a directory results in the

!  * current directory to be c:\Windows\system32 on Windows 7. Use environment

!  * variables instead.

   */

! #define WORKDIR "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%"

  /*

   * Create shortcut(s) in the Start Menu\Programs\Vim folder.

*** ../vim-7.4.076/src/version.c	2013-11-07 04:46:43.000000000 +0100

--- src/version.c	2013-11-07 04:47:42.000000000 +0100

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*** 740,741 ****

--- 740,743 ----

  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */

+ /**/

+     77,

  /**/

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