Which is better for getting assembly location , GetAssembly().Location or GetExecutingAssembly().Location

Question

Please suggest which is the best to getting executing assembly location.

Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(NUnitTestProject.RGUnitTests)).Location

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Answer 1

It seems rather obvious: When you want the executing assembly, use GetExecutingAssembly.

Sometimes you don't have one, for example when running as an Office add-in. You could use Assembly.GetAssembly instead.