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rangasathish
rangasathish

Reputation: 605

How to set the file path to project files from excutable file?

i am new to C# how can i set file path to project files i have tried these but it gives default windows file path how to do that?

  sfdlg.InitialDirectory = Application.StartupPath + @"..\..\";
    Application.StartupPath---> is my excutable file path. from this path to come back two `root folders` i use `@"..\..\"`

is there any way to get back to Two root folders?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 101

Answers (1)

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 498914

You have inverted the path specifications - the .. should be at the start of the path (assuming no drive name is there).

A safe way to use paths is to use them with the Path class:

Path.Combine(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, ".."), "..");

The above should do the trick.

Upvotes: 1

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