[HELP] Change directory windows c++

[ferur88]

I simply want my program to go in a directory of my choice and i can't find the answer anywhere to such a simple question.
Why is this not working ?

Can i just write commands in the command prompt simply using a function ?

using windows10/visual studio 2015

when i run this i have the dir of where the program is instead of c:\msi

int main()
{
	system("cd C:\MSI");
	system("dir");

	char pause;
	cin >> pause;

    return 0;
}

[Thomas1965]

You need to use a double backslash system("cd C:\\MSI");

[ferur88]

i tried that too...

[Chervil]

On a windows system you might try SetCurrentDirectoryA()

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

std::string getDir()
{
    char buff[MAX_PATH];
    int n = GetCurrentDirectoryA(MAX_PATH, buff);
    if (n)
        return buff;
    cout << "get directory failed\n";
    return "";
}

int main()
{
    cout << "Curent dir: " <<  getDir() << '\n';   
    
    if (SetCurrentDirectoryA("C:\\MSI"))
        cout << "Directory change ok\n";
    else
        cout << "Directory change failed\n";

    cout << "Curent dir: " <<  getDir() << '\n';   
       
}

See
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365530%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364934%28v=vs.85%29.aspx