C# Executable Executing directory

Question

What is the best method of getting the path the C# executable is running from?

I need to use it for temp folders etc and currently I\'m using:

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Answer 1

If the assembly has been shadow copied then Assembly.Location will point to the shadow copy of the dll.

If you want to know the location of the build output directory use Assembly.CodeBase, i.e.:

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

Useful if you want to access other resources from the directory of the assembly for example when running test suite.