Ubiquitous way to get the root directory an application is running in via C#

Question

My application requires that I have access to the file system. Regardless if the code runs on a web server or a console app, how can I get the root directory the application is running in. Something like C:\TheApplication...

Thanks!

Answer 1

Easiest is probably:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

Hope this helps,

-Oisin

Answer 2

You can try this:

String path = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

You can read more about the two classes here:

• Assembly class
• Path class