How do I get Bin Path?

Question

I need to the the bin path of the executing assembly. How do you get it? I have a folder Plugins in the Bin/Debug and I need to get the location

Answer 1

Here is how you get the execution path of the application:

var path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( 
      System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);

MSDN has a full reference on how to determine the Executing Application's Path.

Note that the value in path will be in the form of file:\c:\path\to\bin\folder, so before using the path you may need to strip the file:\ off the front. E.g.:

path = path.Substring(6);