How can I get the application's path in a .NET console application?

Question

How do I find the application\'s path in a console application?

In Windows Forms, I can use Application.StartupPath to find the current path, but this d

Answer 1

Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location or Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

Use in combination with System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName() to get only the directory.

The paths from GetEntryAssembly() and GetExecutingAssembly() can be different, even though for most cases the directory will be the same.

With GetEntryAssembly() you have to be aware that this can return null if the entry module is unmanaged (ie C++ or VB6 executable). In those cases it is possible to use GetModuleFileName from the Win32 API:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int GetModuleFileName(HandleRef hModule, StringBuilder buffer, int length);