Environment.CurrentDirectory is yielding unexpected results when running installed app

Question

Background:

I built an installer for my app, and all my dll\'s and content files are getting correctly copied to the C:\\Program Files\\MyComp

Answer 1

If you want to get the path to the directory under which your executable runs, you should not rely on the Environment.CurrentDirectory, since it can be changed in a number of ways (shotrtcut settings, etc). Try one of these options instead:

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);

or

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);