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c#directoryexecutable
user12163
user12163

Reputation:

Getting the absolute path of the executable, using C#?

Have a look at this pseudocode:

string exe_path = system.get_exe_path()
print "This executable is located in " + exe_path

If I build the above program and place the executable in C:/meow/, It would print out This executable is located in C:/meow/ each time it is run, regardless of the current working directory.

How could I easily accomplish this using C#?

Upvotes: 90

Views: 198757

Answers (9)

Mark Rushakoff
Mark Rushakoff

Reputation: 258128

MSDN has an article that says to use System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase; if you need the directory, use System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName on that result.

Or if you are using WinForms, there's the shorter Application.ExecutablePath which "Gets the path for the executable file that started the application, including the executable name" so that might mean it's slightly less reliable depending on how the application was launched.

Upvotes: 118

Joseph L.
Joseph L.

Reputation: 461

If you are planning to build a console application to be used with Task Scheduler, I'd recommend using this approach:

var execDirectoryPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase)?.Replace("file:\\", "");

This way, the path will adapt to whatever location you place your executable file in.

Upvotes: 2

Charles A.
Charles A.

Reputation: 11123

The one that worked for me and isn't above was Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName.

Upvotes: 2

newb
newb

Reputation: 141

using System.Reflection;

string myExeDir = new FileInfo(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location).Directory.ToString();

Upvotes: 14

Sébastien
Sébastien

Reputation: 21

On my side, I used, with a form application:

String Directory = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath;

it takes the application startup path.

Upvotes: 2

JKennedy
JKennedy

Reputation: 18789

var dir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

I jumped in for the top rated answer and found myself not getting what I expected. I had to read the comments to find what I was looking for.

For that reason I am posting the answer listed in the comments to give it the exposure it deserves.

Upvotes: 8

Muhammad Mubashir
Muhammad Mubashir

Reputation: 1659

Suppose i have .config file in console app and now am getting like below.

Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).Parent.FullName + "\\YourFolderName\\log4net.config";

Upvotes: 2

Liquid Core
Liquid Core

Reputation: 1

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

Upvotes: 69

Mike de Klerk
Mike de Klerk

Reputation: 12328

"Gets the path or UNC location of the loaded file that contains the manifest."

See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.assembly.location.aspx

Application.ResourceAssembly.Location

Upvotes: 4

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