Best way to get application folder path

Question

I see that there are some ways to get the application folder path:

1. Application.StartupPath
2. System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( System.

Answer 1

I started a process from a Windows Service over the Win32 API in the session from the user which is actually logged in (in Task Manager session 1 not 0). In this was we can get to know, which variable is the best.

For all 7 cases from the question above, the following are the results:

Path1: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram
Path2: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram
Path3: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram\
Path4: C:\Windows\system32
Path5: C:\Windows\system32
Path6: file:\C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram
Path7: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram

Perhaps it's helpful for some of you, doing the same stuff, when you search the best variable for your case.