--- cedtorig/cedtViewHndrMisc.cpp	Wed Nov 10 09:52:32 2004
+++ cedtViewHndrMisc.cpp	Thu Jan  4 14:26:43 2007
@@ -149,8 +149,39 @@
 
 void CCedtView::OnToolMsDosShell() 
 {
-	CString szShellPath = GetMsDosShellPath();
-	WinExec( szShellPath, SW_SHOWNORMAL );
+	// CHANGE by LARSP Jan 2007
+	//
+	// Dos shell now opens in file dir. 
+	// CreateProcess api is used instead of WinExec to accomplish this
+	//
+
+	// Get current directory
+	CCedtDoc * pDoc = (CCedtDoc *)GetDocument();
+	CString szFile = pDoc->GetPathName();
+	LPCSTR pCurDir;
+
+	if (szFile.GetLength() > 0) {
+		szFile = GetFileDirectory(szFile);
+		pCurDir = szFile;
+	}
+	else {
+		pCurDir = NULL;
+	}
+
+	STARTUPINFO sui; 
+	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
+
+	// initialize SUI
+	memset(&sui, 0, sizeof(STARTUPINFO)); 
+	sui.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
+
+	sui.wShowWindow = SW_SHOWNORMAL;
+	sui.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
+
+	// Create the command line process
+	CreateProcess(NULL, "cmd", NULL, NULL, TRUE,
+		NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, NULL, pCurDir, &sui, &pi);
+
 }
 
 void CCedtView::OnToolViewInBrowser()