Subj : Re: ParamStr(0) contains only short path to exe To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : Bob Gonder Date : Mon Nov 15 2004 12:00 am Horst wrote: >I started building an GUI-application and ask for ParamStr(0) >during starting up. But the path stored there is looking like > this: > >E:\\VSWORK~1\\VS-WOR~2\\ABC-GUI.exe Have you tried using GetFullPathName() ? .