@@ -487,13 +487,12 @@
 					    (args:get-arg "-m") #f)
 		    ;; need to update the top test record if PASS or FAIL and this is a subtest
 		    ;; NO NEED TO CALL roll-up-pass-fail-counts HERE, THIS IS DONE IN roll-up-pass-fail-counts called by tests:test-set-status!
 		    ))
 	      ;; for automated creation of the rollup html file this is a good place...
-	      ;; (if (and (not (equal? item-path ""))
-	      ;;      (< (random (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-testname run-id test-name)) 5))
-	      (tests:summarize-items run-id test-id test-name #f)
+	      (if (not (equal? item-path ""))
+		  (tests:summarize-items run-id test-id test-name #f))
 	      (tests:summarize-test run-id test-id)  ;; don't force - just update if no
 	      )
 	    (mutex-unlock! m)
 	    (debug:print 2 "Output from running " fullrunscript ", pid " (vector-ref exit-info 0) " in work area " 
 			 work-area ":\n====\n exit code " (vector-ref exit-info 2) "\n" "====\n")
@@ -900,10 +899,13 @@
 				      (list 'runname   runname)
 				      (list 'mt-bindir-path mt-bindir-path))))))))
 
     ;; clean out step records from previous run if they exist
     ;; (rmt:delete-test-step-records run-id test-id)
+    ;; if the dir does not exist we may have a itempath where individual variables are a path, launch anyway
+    (if (file-exists? work-area)
+	(change-directory work-area)) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
     
     ;; Moving launch logs to MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs 
     ;;
     (let ((launchdir (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "launchdir"))) ;; (change-directory work-area) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
       (if (not launchdir) ;; default