16 bit MS-DOS subsystem ?

Question

D :\ DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\DESKTOP\SHORT C ~1.PIF
invalid start up directory,please check your pif file . choose close to terminate the application.

this was the error occured while opening turboc++IDE

tell me the solution to this?

Answer 1

First, your question: ".PIF" files were the way that older versions of Windows kept track of the settings for some applications. Each application, say tc.exe, would have a corresponding PIF file, such as tc.pif.

In Windows XP, I believe it's safe to simply remove the tc.pif file. Try renaming it first, and seeing if that resolves your problem. You can also try right-clicking on the PIF file in Windows Explorer, selecting Properties, and changing the startup directory, that your error message is complaining about.

Or simply right click shortcut and select properties and in second tab "Shortcut" find "start in" set it to proper folder if possible

or create new shortcut to that file by finding that tc.exe
right click it and select "send to desktop"

Answer 2

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