Get current folder path

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I want to create a program that converts files  I would like the user to be able to place the executable file in any directory  and when executing that program  double-clicking on the  exe  I want the program to process all the files within the current folder where the exe file exists  How can the program determine the path in which it is currently executing   I tried System Windows Forms Application StartupPath but that seems to be the wrong way   Any ideas

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Use this   var currentDirectory   System IO Directory GetCurrentDirectory       You can use this as well   var currentDirectory   Path GetDirectoryName System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   Location

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for  NET CORE use System AppContext BaseDirectory   as a replacement for AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory

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Use Application StartupPath for the best result imo

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If you want the exe path you can use System IO Path GetDirectoryName System Reflection Assembly GetEntryAssembly   Location

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System AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory   This will give you running directory of your application  This even works for web applications  Afterwards you can reach your file

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Try this   System Environment CurrentDirectory

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You should not use Directory GetCurrentDirectory   in your case  as the current directory may differ from the execution folder  especially when you execute the program through a shortcut   It s better to use Path GetDirectoryName Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   Location   for your purpose  This returns the pathname where the currently executing assembly resides   While my suggested approach allows you to differentiate between the executing assembly  the entry assembly or any other loaded assembly  as Soner G  n  l said in his answer    System IO Path GetDirectoryName Application ExecutablePath     may also be sufficient  This would be equal to  System IO Path GetDirectoryName Assembly GetEntryAssembly   Location

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1   Directory GetCurrentDirectory      2   Thread GetDomain   BaseDirectory   3   Environment CurrentDirectory

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string appPath   System IO Path GetDirectoryName Application ExecutablePath     From Path GetDirectoryName     Returns the directory information for the specified path string    From Application ExecutablePath     Gets the path for the executable file that started the application    including the executable name

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This works best for me  especially when using dotnet core single file publish  Path GetDirectoryName System Diagnostics Process GetCurrentProcess   MainModule FileName

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This block of code makes a path of your app directory in string type string path  quot  quot   path System AppContext BaseDirectory   good luck

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I created a simple console application with the following code   Console WriteLine System IO Path GetDirectoryName Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   Location    Console WriteLine System AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory   Console WriteLine System Environment CurrentDirectory   Console WriteLine System IO Directory GetCurrentDirectory     Console WriteLine Environment CurrentDirectory     I copied the resulting executable to C  temp2  I then placed a shortcut to that executable in C  temp3  and ran it  once from the exe itself  and once from the shortcut   It gave the following outputs both times   C  temp2 C  temp2  C  temp2 C  temp2 C  temp2   While I m sure there must be some cockamamie reason to explain why there are five different methods that do virtually the exact same thing  I certainly don t know what it is  Nevertheless  it would appear that under most circumstances  you are free to choose whichever one you fancy   UPDATE  I modified the Shortcut properties  changing the  Start In   field to C  temp3  This resulted in the following output   C  temp2 C  temp2  C  temp3 C  temp3 C  temp3      which demonstrates at least some of the distinctions between the different methods

[c#] Get current folder path

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