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Fix: Fucking Windows may force working directory to system32 for unknown reasons. #4847

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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/EntryPoint.java
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Expand Up @@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
System.getProperties().putIfAbsent("javafx.autoproxy.disable", "true");
System.getProperties().putIfAbsent("http.agent", "HMCL/" + Metadata.VERSION);

// Fucking Windows may force working directory to system32 for unknown reasons.
if (OperatingSystem.CURRENT_OS == OperatingSystem.WINDOWS) {
String workingDirectory = System.getProperty("user.dir");
String windowsSystem = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32";
if (workingDirectory == null || (workingDirectory.length() >= windowsSystem.length() && workingDirectory.substring(0, windowsSystem.length()).equalsIgnoreCase(windowsSystem))) {
Path path = JarUtils.thisJarPath();
if (path != null) {
Path parent = path.getParent();
if (parent != null) {
System.setProperty("user.dir", parent.toAbsolutePath().toString());
}
}
}
}

createHMCLDirectories();
LOG.start(Metadata.HMCL_CURRENT_DIRECTORY.resolve("logs"));

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