Get Path to Execution Directory of Windows Forms Application

Question

I would like to get the path to the execution directory of a windows forms application (ie: the directory in which the executable is located). Does anyone know of a built-in method in .Net to do this?

Answer 1

In VB.NET

Dim directory as String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath

In C#

string directory = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;

Answer 2

This could help;

Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);

also here is the reference

Answer 3

Application.Current results in an appdomain http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.appdomain_members.aspx

Application.Current.BaseDirectory should give you the location of the assembly

I seem to recall there being multiple ways of getting the location of the application. but this one worked for me in the past atleast (it's been a while since i've done winforms programming :/)

Answer 4

string apppath = 
    (new System.IO.FileInfo
    (System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase)).DirectoryName;

Answer 5

System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath will solve ur problem i think.