> > > why when you change the 3ds option in your front end and hit 'run' my program can't find the ini file? it says '3ds not found' and quits but that's coz it can't find the ini. we said something to each other briefly about it ages ago but so many people seem to be getting really confused by it that i think we need to resolve it.

> > We, if the INI is saved and your program can't find it, I think you did something wrong.

> well i'm using fopen same as with everything else. in order to avoid the problem i'm having to advise people after they get the error to close and open your front end again and hit run again, or to click on my exe directly and rename my exe so your front end can't launch it.

I think you should simply solve the problem. It's probably because you don't supply a directory, but depend on the current directory containing the INI, which it doesn't if you change the current directory (by browsing).