your command line games are not relevant to any running application when you start application, it takes some working directory from where is run when you start another PSPad, working directory isn't changed when you change path in your command it hasn't and can't have influence of running application
PSPad is able to take open file path from existing file (program settings / files and dirs) But in case you open new file, it has no path. Where to save it? Windows will offer you last used save folder. Lets imagine situation PSPad will add path from current file (in case when any path will be). It will be chaotic, cause if you switch to any open file and create new file, it will inherit path. Each new file can have different path. If you want to change functionality, define explicit rules for all cases which can be described and explained in help. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,63840,63867> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com