Get path to execution directory of Windows Forms application

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I would like to get the path to the execution directory of a Windows Forms application   That is  the directory in which the executable is located    Does anyone know of a built-in method in  NET to do this

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Application Current results in an appdomain http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system appdomain members aspx  Also this should give you the location of the assembly  AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory   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

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Both of the examples are in VB NET   Debug path   TextBox1 Text   My Application Info DirectoryPath   EXE path    TextBox2 Text   IO Path GetFullPath Application ExecutablePath

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string apppath         new System IO FileInfo      System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   CodeBase   DirectoryName

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In VB NET  Dim directory as String   My Application Info DirectoryPath   In C   string directory   AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory

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In VB NET  Dim directory as String   My Application Info DirectoryPath   In C   string directory   AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory

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Check this out   Imports System IO Imports System Management  Public Class Form1         Private Sub Button1 Click ByVal sender As System Object  ByVal e As System EventArgs  Handles Button1 Click         TextBox1 Text   Path GetFullPath Application ExecutablePath          Process Start TextBox1 Text      End Sub End Class

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In VB NET  Dim directory as String   My Application Info DirectoryPath   In C   string directory   AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory

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Private Sub Main Shown sender As Object  e As EventArgs  Handles Me Shown     Dim args   As String   Environment GetCommandLineArgs       If args Length  gt  0 Then         TextBox1 Text   Path GetFullPath Application ExecutablePath          Process Start TextBox1 Text         End If End Sub

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System Windows Forms Application StartupPath will solve your problem  I think

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This could help   Path GetDirectoryName Application ExecutablePath     also here is the reference

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This could help   Path GetDirectoryName Application ExecutablePath     also here is the reference

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This could help   Path GetDirectoryName Application ExecutablePath     also here is the reference

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This could help   Path GetDirectoryName Application ExecutablePath     also here is the reference

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System Windows Forms Application StartupPath will solve your problem  I think

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string apppath         new System IO FileInfo      System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   CodeBase   DirectoryName

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System Windows Forms Application StartupPath will solve your problem  I think

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System Windows Forms Application StartupPath will solve your problem  I think

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Private Sub Main Shown sender As Object  e As EventArgs  Handles Me Shown     Dim args   As String   Environment GetCommandLineArgs       If args Length  gt  0 Then         TextBox1 Text   Path GetFullPath Application ExecutablePath          Process Start TextBox1 Text         End If End Sub

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In VB NET  Dim directory as String   My Application Info DirectoryPath   In C   string directory   AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory

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Both of the examples are in VB NET   Debug path   TextBox1 Text   My Application Info DirectoryPath   EXE path    TextBox2 Text   IO Path GetFullPath Application ExecutablePath

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Check this out   Imports System IO Imports System Management  Public Class Form1         Private Sub Button1 Click ByVal sender As System Object  ByVal e As System EventArgs  Handles Button1 Click         TextBox1 Text   Path GetFullPath Application ExecutablePath          Process Start TextBox1 Text      End Sub End Class

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string apppath         new System IO FileInfo      System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   CodeBase   DirectoryName

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string apppath         new System IO FileInfo      System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   CodeBase   DirectoryName

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