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?

Solution 1

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

Solution 2

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);
}

Solution 3

More simple than the rest:

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

Solution 4

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?

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Comments

[Chilly Zhong]

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]

"Location" is not found in C# app, but everything in () can be replaced by the filepath I wrote and it works. Thanks.

[JP Alioto]

Shucks! That's what I thought you wanted. :)

[Chilly Zhong]

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]

ummm...it's simple but "Location" is not found(at least in Windows Mobile app).

[Momoro]

Doesn't GetExecutingAssembly need ()? e.g. GetExecutingAssembly(), or is that just C#?