Finding the exe file path

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How shall i find the exe path programatically..

For example i have an installed application exe inside my program files
the file path will be different based on the 64bi or 32bit

like c:\Program Files or c:\Program file(x86)

How shall i find the path of a file by just giving the filename??

Posted 23-Sep-12 10:23am

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2012-09-23T11:12:00

Solution 1

Read this: http://www.csharp-examples.net/get-application-directory/[^]

Posted 23-Sep-12 11:12am

Maciej Los

Kenneth Haugland · Answer 2 · 2012-09-23T11:18:00

Solution 3

Take a look at this answer.
get startup adr of application[^]

It might not be so obvious as using StartUpPath, as you might get unexpected results from it.

Posted 23-Sep-12 11:18am

Kenneth Haugland

WebMaster · Answer 3 · 2012-09-23T11:13:00

Solution 2

C#

public static string StartupPath { get; }

Gets the path for the executable file that started the application.

Sample:

C#

private void PrintStartupPath() 
{
    textBox1.Text = Application.StartupPath;
}

Posted 23-Sep-12 11:13am

WebMaster