Folder is not created when running from shortcut

Currently I am testing my Eclipse RCP appliction for Windows platform ( XP and above).

I am generating HTML pages at runtime. To save these HTML pages I am also creating a folder at runtime.

The folder is created at the same level where the exe file is located. Below is the application directory structure exactly how it looks:

MyApplication
    |
    |--MyApplication.exe
    |--Myapplication.ini
    |--artifacts.xml
    |--uninstall.exe
    |--configuration
    |--p2
    |--plugins
    |--workspace
    |--cache    (user defined folder)
         |
         |--system  (this is the runtime created folder, generated HTML pages are saved here)
           |
           |---

This is the code to create the folder at runtime:

String currentPath=System.getProperty("user.dir");
File folder = new File(currentPath+"/cache/system");

This all works fine. Now using NSIS script I have created shortcuts for the ".exe" at two locations- One is on user desktop and other in StartMenu.

The problem is, if I run the application from shortcut, the folder is not created. What should be done to solve this problem?

The script to create the shotcut is:

CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\$StartMenuGroup\MyApplication.lnk" "$INSTDIR\MyApplication.exe"
CreateShortcut "$DESKTOP\MyApplication.lnk" "$INSTDIR\MyApplication.exe"

Any comments/suggestions/solutions are greatly appreciated.

Solution

You should check if the path that you are using for the File constructor is ok at runtime, with a simple println() or whatever.
Do you actually call the folder creation? Here you just show what the path is. To create a folder, don't forget to call mkdir() (or mkdirs() for a full path).
in the NSIS side: the "working directory" for the shortcut might be wrong. The working directory is set from the current $OUTDIR when NSIS is processing the CreateShortcut directive.

To be sure to set the working directory field of a shortcut, you can use the SetOutPath to force the directory. To use the directory where you install your application, just use $INSTDIR
```
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
```