Alternative to FileSelectFolder, folder - No Gui

[mojobadshah]

What path can I substitute for" FileSelectFolder, folder, etc..." in cases where I don't require a Gui to prompt me with an option to manually select a folder to loop through?

[lmstearn]

Hi @mojobadshah
There's a resource shared by all processes in Windows, the Current Directory aka the AHK working directory, or A_WorkingDir. It can be changed at any time with SetWorkingDir. Is that what you are looking for?

[Odlanir]

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that you have a script that at every run it prompt you to select a folder and this annoys you.
If so, you can simply set a variable with the full path of the folder to loop through.
So instead of:

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FileSelectFolder, folder, c:\
Loop Files, %folder%\*.txt
{
    ....
}

You can use:

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folder := "the_full_path_of_your_folder"
Loop Files, %folder%\*.txt
{
    ....
}
; or even:
Loop Files, the_full_path_of_your_folder\*.txt
{
    ....
}

The advantage of using the FileSelectFolder is that, at every run, you can chose a different folder to loop through.

Hope this helps.