-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Passin <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2026 11:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Another issue between Win10 and Win 11 using
python
On 2/27/2026 9:49 AM, Em wrote:
>
> The statement is: ThisPath = os.getcwd()
>
> For 10 years in Win 10 the line gave me the present path
both when I used F5 in an editor, and when I ran the program
by a double-click on the name of the program in the folder.
>
> I now want to run the program in Win 11.
> As in Win 10, F5 from an editor, it gives me the present
path but when I double-click on the program in the folder,
it gives me some system path on the C drive.
>
> This is now the second line of code that fails like this.
> Can someone explain why.
> Can you suggest a line of code to get the present path for
this that is allowed by Win 11?
Yes. The way in which Windows determines and runs the
executable program (like python) when a file is invoked by
using its name has changed from what we all got used to.
And the way it's launched when the file's icon is clicked in
Windows Explorer has been changed too. The change to how
the default launch program is chosen has been phased in
starting with later versions of Windows 10. Windows 11
changed the launching method too.
Here's a tiny program you can use to see what's happening:
import os
print('Current Directory:', os.getcwd())
input()
Because of the input() statement you will need to press
ENTER to close the window, but its presence forces the
window to remain open so you can see the printout.
When I run this from a console by typing the file's name
(call it
cwd.py) it prints the current directory of that console.
That's what one expects.
When I run it from by clicking the program's file name in
Windows Explorer, it prints
C:\WINDOWS\system32
So you are not imagining things, and you will have to either
launch your programs differently, or rewrite them to use the
correct path, as has already been suggested.
So, the answer is to hardwire the code, stopping it from
being portable, yes?
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