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Patrick F - 28 Jan 2007 12:11 GMT

How do you get the path to the folder the program is in.

Lets say i have something like this:

c:\programs\myprogram\another folder\program.exe

now in my program i want to get the path,
c:\programs\myprogram\another folder\

I tried something like:
System.IO.Path.GetFullPath("\\")

but that just returns c:\

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Jeff Gaines - 28 Jan 2007 13:06 GMT

On 28/01/2007 in message

>How do you get the path to the folder the program is in.
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>but that just returns c:\

FileInfo fInfo = new FileInfo(c:\programs\myprogram\another
folder\program.exe);
string strFolder = fInfo.DirectoryName;

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Patrick F - 28 Jan 2007 13:21 GMT

its not what i am after, i dont know the path. the user takes the program and
put it into a "for me unknown" path on his computer and i need to get the
correct path c:\..... or f:\...
etc

> On 28/01/2007 in message
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> folder\program.exe);
> string strFolder = fInfo.DirectoryName;

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Oliver Sturm - 28 Jan 2007 13:09 GMT

Hello Patrick,

>I tried something like:
>System.IO.Path.GetFullPath("\\")
>
>but that just returns c:\

You should be fine using Path.GetDirectoryName() for your purpose.

Oliver Sturm

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Otis Mukinfus - 28 Jan 2007 13:33 GMT

>How do you get the path to the folder the program is in.
>
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>but that just returns c:\

If you are trying to get the path of your executable application you should use

string path = Application.ExecutablePath;

Good luck with your project,

Otis Mukinfus
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http://www.tomchilders.com

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Oliver Sturm - 28 Jan 2007 16:08 GMT

>If you are trying to get the path of your executable application you
>should use
>
>string path = Application.ExecutablePath;

Ah :-) I wouldn't have interpreted the OP's question this way, but now I
think this is probably the right answer!

Oliver Sturm

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