How can I get the application's path in a .NET console application?

Question

How do I find the application\'s path in a console application?

In Windows Forms, I can use Application.StartupPath to find the current path, but this d

Answer 1

Following line will give you an application path:

var applicationPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName)

Above solution is working properly in the following situations:

• simple app
• in another domain where Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() would return null
• DLL is loaded from Embedded resources as a byte array and loaded to AppDomain as Assembly.Load(byteArrayOfEmbeddedDll)
• with Mono's mkbundle bundles (no other methods work)