Index: LocalProcess.cpp
===================================================================
--- LocalProcess.cpp	(revision 12312)
+++ LocalProcess.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WIN32
-bool Win32CreateProcess(const char *command, const char *envptr, STARTUPINFOW& si, PROCESS_INFORMATION& pi)
+bool Win32CreateProcess(const char *command, const char *envptr, STARTUPINFOW& si, PROCESS_INFORMATION& pi, const char *processWorkDirectory)
 { // provides conversion of charset for cmdline and envptr
 	WString wcmd(command);
+	WString wpwd(processWorkDirectory);
 	int n = wcmd.GetCount() + 1;
 	Buffer<wchar> cmd(n);
 	memcpy(cmd, wcmd, n * sizeof(wchar));
@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@
 		memcpy(env, wenv, (len + 2) * sizeof(wchar));
 	}
 #endif
-	return CreateProcessW(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, TRUE, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, (void *)envptr, NULL, &si, &pi);
+	return CreateProcessW(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, TRUE, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, (void *)envptr, wpwd, &si, &pi);
 }
 #endif
 
-bool LocalProcess::DoStart(const char *command, const Vector<String> *arg, bool spliterr, const char *envptr)
+bool LocalProcess::DoStart(const char *command, const Vector<String> *arg, bool spliterr, const char *envptr, const char *processWorkDirectory)
 {
 	LLOG("LocalProcess::Start(\"" << command << "\")");
 
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@
 	    }
 		command = cmdh;
 	}
-	bool h = Win32CreateProcess(command, envptr, si, pi);
+	bool h = Win32CreateProcess(command, envptr, si, pi, processWorkDirectory);
 	LLOG("CreateProcess " << (h ? "succeeded" : "failed"));
 	CloseHandle(hErrorWrite);
 	CloseHandle(hInputRead);
@@ -338,6 +339,8 @@
 		LLOG("[" << a << "]: <" << (args[a] ? args[a] : "NULL") << ">");
 #endif//DO_LLOG
 
+	if(processWorkDirectory)
+		chdir(processWorkDirectory);
 	LLOG("running execve, app = " << app << ", #args = " << args.GetCount());
 	if(envptr) {
 		const char *from = envptr;
Index: LocalProcess.h
===================================================================
--- LocalProcess.h	(revision 12312)
+++ LocalProcess.h	(working copy)
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@
 
 	typedef LocalProcess CLASSNAME;
 
-	bool DoStart(const char *cmdline, const Vector<String> *arg, bool spliterr, const char *envptr = NULL);
+	bool DoStart(const char *cmdline, const Vector<String> *arg, bool spliterr, const char *envptr = NULL, const char *processWorkDirectory = NULL);
 
 public:
-	bool Start(const char *cmdline, const char *envptr = NULL)        { return DoStart(cmdline, NULL, false, envptr); }
-	bool Start2(const char *cmdline, const char *envptr = NULL)       { return DoStart(cmdline, NULL, true, envptr); }
+	bool Start(const char *cmdline, const char *envptr = NULL, const char *processWorkDirectory = NULL)        { return DoStart(cmdline, NULL, false, envptr, processWorkDirectory); }
+	bool Start2(const char *cmdline, const char *envptr = NULL, const char *processWorkDirectory = NULL)       { return DoStart(cmdline, NULL, true, envptr, processWorkDirectory); }
 
-	bool Start(const char *cmd, const Vector<String>& arg, const char *envptr = NULL)        { return DoStart(cmd, &arg, false, envptr); }
-	bool Start2(const char *cmd, const Vector<String>& arg, const char *envptr = NULL)       { return DoStart(cmd, &arg, true, envptr); }
+	bool Start(const char *cmd, const Vector<String>& arg, const char *envptr = NULL, const char *processWorkDirectory = NULL)        { return DoStart(cmd, &arg, false, envptr, processWorkDirectory); }
+	bool Start2(const char *cmd, const Vector<String>& arg, const char *envptr = NULL, const char *processWorkDirectory = NULL)       { return DoStart(cmd, &arg, true, envptr, processWorkDirectory); }
 	
 #ifdef PLATFORM_POSIX
 	LocalProcess& DoubleFork(bool b = true)                           { doublefork = b; return *this; }