Set dll load path per-project?

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I am trying to load dlls from a specific location when debugging a
project inside Visual Studio 2003 (C++, unmanaged). Can anyone help
me?

Basically, we have multiple (in progress) versions of our in-house
graphics engine, and would like to keep the DLLs separate from the
client software that uses the engine. We are currently modifying the
%PATH% variable while debugging so that it points to the correct
engine install, but this is tedious and error prone.

I am looking for a way to set the PATH variable from within the
debugger -- as a project setting.

To clarify, we have the following directory structure:
c:\project1\engine\dlls\engine.dll
c:\project1\client\bin\client1.exe

c:\project2\engine\dlls\engine.dll
c:\project2\client\bin\executables\client2.exe

Each engine.dll could be a separate version and contain different
entry points. We don't want to copy the dlls to the client's bin
directory, but the correct file must load from client.exe.

Does anyone have any thoughts?
.

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