Pinning (and running from explorer) broken

[Aelius]

Hello!

I'm on Windows 10.

If I run the exe by double clicking from explorer, I get dumped into /.
If I run msys2.exe from cmd, it correctly navigates to my $HOME as defined in /etc/nsswitch.conf
If I pin this running process, later invocations dump me into /.

The CHERE value in msys2.ini has no effect.
The msys2.ini values do show up in the terminal environment

Here is the created shortcut

Thanks!

[David Macek]

Sorry for the late response.

AFAICT your observations are correct but not the deduction. My testing shows that you always start in the CWD:

If I run the exe by double clicking from explorer, I get dumped into /.

Because it starts in C:\tools\msys64 which inside MSYS2 is /.

If I run msys2.exe from cmd, it correctly navigates to my $HOME as defined in /etc/nsswitch.conf

Because Cmd starts in your %USERPROFILE% which I think you've set up as your $HOME inside MSYS2.

If I pin this running process, later invocations dump me into /.

Because as seen on the screenshot, the working directory is again set to C:\tools\msys64 which inside MSYS2 is /.

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Do you by any chance have CHERE_INVOKING set up globally?