Getting path of executing assembly

danielk_

I am trying to get the path of the executing .exe, but so far with no luck. I have tried Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase but this just returns the path to the .dll does anyone know how to get the path of the .exe? thanks

mav northwind

Application.ExecutablePath ist what you're looking for.

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realJSOP

string path1 = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase);

string path2 = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory;

using System.Windows.Forms;
string path3 = Application.ExecutablePath;

The value for path1 on my system is "file:\\K:\\VS2008\\ConsoleTester\\ConsoleTester\\bin\\Debug" The value for path2 on my system is "K:\\VS2008\\ConsoleTester\\ConsoleTester\\bin\\Debug" The value for path3 on my system is "K:\\VS2008\\ConsoleTester\\ConsoleTester\\bin\\Debug\\ConsoleTester.exe"

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Brady Kelly

Bearing in mind this only applies to a Windows Forms application.

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Brady Kelly

Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().CodeBase

will give you the full .exe URI. To get the full file system path, use:

Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().CodeBase), Path.GetFileName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().CodeBase));

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danielk_

thanks guys, I've got it working