Better way to get the base directory?

Question

I have this code to load a config file and read all the values and it works fine when running the application but of course fails on team city because the appdomain\'s base

Answer 1

differents ways to get the base directory

1. AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

2. Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() // not guaranteed to work on Mobile application

3. Environment.CurrentDirectory // this calls Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()

4. this.GetType().Assembly.Location // Assembly.location

5. Application.StartupPath // for windows forms apps

6. Application.ExecutablePath // same as Application.StartupPath