How to get current working directory path c#?

Question

I have a cursor file in project. I have given the absolute path in code i.e

F:/r.cur  

the problem is this is hard-coded path And i Want

Answer 1

Super late to this party, but this works for me when I'm in unit tests.

var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

If you need the root of the project, and not the bin directory then this:

var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
var basePath = currentDirectory.Split(new string[] { "\\bin" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];

It'll be different if you're on a website.

Answer 2

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName) at startup will give you the full path.

After that, if you * really want to find something during development (as your comments in other answers point) *, first find the path using FileInfo(thestringwithfilenamepath).Directory.Name.

Answer 3

You can get the current working directory by using System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(). it will return your current executable path.

Thanks

Answer 4

use Application.StartupPath returns path for the executable file that started the application.

        string pathCur = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, @"..\..\r.cur");
        Cursor = new Cursor(pathCur);

Answer 5

You can use static Directory class - however current directory is distinct from the original directory, which is the one from which the process was started.

System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

So you can use the following to get the directory path of the application executable:

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

Answer 6

Application.StartupPath should give you application path from where your application is running. I would create a directory structure under application folder. e.g If "C:\Program Files\MyApp" is my application folder, then I would create a folder named cursors under it (C:\Program Files\MyApp\Cursors") and put all cursors within this folder.