I need to write a file in the same folder where a console ClickOnce .application (executable file) resides. The folder where it launches from.
I tried using Application.StartupPath & Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) but the path is pointing to a subfolder under c:\Documents & Settings. How do I get the path where the .application resides in?
ClickOnce applications DO reside in a subdirectory of C:\Documents & Settings. They don't have "clean" installation directories because the local files are essentially "temporarily" downloaded to allow the application to run on the local PC and execution of the application is controlled from the ClickOnce server that they are deployed on depending on publishing settings (Checking for updates, version requirements, etc).
path is pointing to a subfolder under c:\Documents & Settings
That's right. ClickOnce applications are installed under the profile of the user who installed them. Did you take the path that retrieving the info from the executing assembly gave you, and go check it out?
On windows Vista and Windows 7, you will find the ClickOnce cache here: c:\users\username\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\obfuscatedfoldername\obfuscatedfoldername
On Windows XP, you will find it here: C:\Documents and Settings\username\LocalSettings\Apps\2.0\obfuscatedfoldername\obfuscatedfoldername
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