What is the best way to determine application root directory?

Question

I need to get all dlls in my application root directory. What is the best way to do that?

string root = Application.StartupPath;

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Answer 1

I use

Path.GetDirectoryName(new Uri(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().CodeBase).LocalPath)

The Assembly.Location will point to the shadow copy if you use shadow copying, so using CodeBase is a better option, but CodeBase is a Url.