How to get the path of app(without app.exe)?

Question

I want to get the path of my app like: "\\ProgramFiles\\myApp", I try to use the following code:


string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;

But it returns a path which has "\\myapp.exe" at the end.

I also tried:


string path = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

But it throws an “NotSupportedException”.

Is there any way to get a path without .exe at the end?

Fredrik Mörk · Answer 1 · 2009-05-19T07:07:32.397

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Application.StartupPath should do that for you.

Update: from you edit I see that you are running on Compact Framework. Then Application.StartupPath will not work. This is the construct that I usually use then:

private static string GetApplicationPath()
{
    return System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
}

edited May 19 '09 at 07:07

answered May 19 '09 at 06:35

Fredrik Mörk

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score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 21 '12 at 10:38

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path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( path );

edited Aug 21 '12 at 10:38

Nasreddine

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answered May 19 '09 at 06:34

Dan Byström

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 19 '09 at 06:58

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More simple than the rest:

using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
...
var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)

answered May 19 '09 at 06:58

Chris

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ummm...it's simple but "Location" is not found(at least in Windows Mobile app). – Chilly Zhong May 19 '09 at 07:56

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 19 '09 at 06:36

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You can use Path.GetDirectoryName(string) method passing your original path string as parameter for this. What problem are you trying to solve? Maybe you really need something like working directory?

answered May 19 '09 at 06:36

okutane

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Thank you and danbyStrom, your guide works well. I'm trying to play sound using the wav file in my app's directory, so I need its directory(without app.exe). – Chilly Zhong May 19 '09 at 07:07

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 19 '09 at 06:36

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Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);

answered May 19 '09 at 06:36

JP Alioto

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Thanks, but this will return the file's name "myApp" just like the method's name mentions. Thanks for the guide on this method anyway. – Chilly Zhong May 19 '09 at 06:55
Shucks! That's what I thought you wanted. :) – JP Alioto May 19 '09 at 07:03

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 31 '14 at 23:36

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What about using a FileInfo object to extract the directory name?

In Vb.Net:

fi = New FileInfo(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location)
path = fi.DirectoryName

edited Jan 31 '14 at 23:36

JYelton

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answered May 19 '09 at 06:36

amrtn

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"Location" is not found in C# app, but everything in () can be replaced by the filepath I wrote and it works. Thanks. – Chilly Zhong May 19 '09 at 07:03
Doesn't `GetExecutingAssembly` need `()`? e.g. `GetExecutingAssembly()`, or is that just **C#**? – Momoro May 06 '20 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 19 '09 at 06:56

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If its an exe as in your case use:

    // Summary:
    //     Gets the path for the executable file that started the 
    //     application, not including the executable name.    
    Application.StartupPath

answered May 19 '09 at 06:56

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