Function chdirToBasePath

Source/Compat/Win/win_compat.cpp:236–260

Set home directory so file paths work properly when running from shortcuts

// Set home directory so file paths work properly when running from shortcuts
void chdirToBasePath(char *argv0) {
    basic_string<uint32_t> path_utf32;
    {
        wchar_t path_utf16_buf[kPathSize];
        GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, path_utf16_buf, kPathSize);

        // Convert path from UTF16 to UTF32 by way of UTF8
        string path_utf8;
        utf8::utf16to8(path_utf16_buf, &path_utf16_buf[wcsnlen(path_utf16_buf, kPathSize) - 1], back_inserter(path_utf8));
        utf8::utf8to32(path_utf8.begin(), path_utf8.end(), back_inserter(path_utf32));
    }

    // Eliminate everything after final '\\'
    path_utf32 = path_utf32.substr(0, path_utf32.rfind('\\'));

    wstring path_utf16;
    {
        // Convert path from UTF32 to UTF16 by way of UTF8
        string path_utf8;
        utf8::utf32to8(path_utf32.begin(), path_utf32.end(), back_inserter(path_utf8));
        utf8::utf8to16(path_utf8.begin(), path_utf8.end(), back_inserter(path_utf16));
    }

    _wchdir(path_utf16.c_str());
}

void SetWorkingDir(const char *path) {
    _wchdir(UTF16fromUTF8(path).c_str());