Determining path from applet running on IE Browser

Is there a way (system property, etc) to determine the path used by an Internet Explorer browser from within an applet?
I'm trying to dynamically download a dll from my web server for use by an applet stored in a signed cabinet file and I need a location to store this file that is in the runtime path.
Thanks

No I don't think there is a way. But you could prompt the user for the correct directory

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