Re^3: NetAddr build problem on Windows 2003 Server

The current directory is not in the Path environment variable by default on Windows. It is searched before the environment variable is used, along with a bunch of other directories. The default search is:
1. The directory from which the application loaded.
2. The current directory*
3. The system directory (eg. C:\WINDOWS\system32)
4. The 16-bit system directory. (eg. C:\WINDOWS\system)
5. The Windows directory. (eg. C:\WINDOWS)
6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable.

* The current directory position is "moved" to number 5 on 2003 Server, and this may also be done on XP by tweeking the registry.

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Re^4: NetAddr build problem on Windows 2003 Server by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 23, 2008 at 03:51 UTC
Your list looks correct for (one variation of) dll search path algorithm, but I have failed to find anything to support it as the executable search path? Or anything that suggests the two are the same. For example, when looking for an exectuable to execute, what does item 1 in your list mean? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^4: NetAddr build problem on Windows 2003 Server
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 23, 2008 at 03:51 UTC

Your list looks correct for (one variation of) dll search path algorithm, but I have failed to find anything to support it as the executable search path?

Or anything that suggests the two are the same. For example, when looking for an exectuable to execute, what does item 1 in your list mean?

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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