Getting the current directory in an assembly used by a web service app and windows service

Question

I have an assembly that reads a configuration file which is in the application directory.

This assembly is used from a windows service and a web service.

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Answer 1

Why do you not just check if the config file exists in

Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "MyFile.config");

and if it does not you check here:

Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "bin\MyFile.config");

Hopefully I understood the description of the behaviour in the "webservice case" correctly.