find path programetically given .exe file

actually we develop a webapplication on that printmethod is there.
the print method is requiere for acrobrd32.exe.
so, i want to validate the client system have acrobrd32.exe is there or not before call a print method
it's ok for u
Thank u.

koolprasad2003 9-Nov-11 1:27am

do you want to find path of given EXE, or your application exe. ?

Bojjaiah 9-Nov-11 2:37am

find path of given .exe

2 solutions

Solution 1

The question is poorly formulated, so no one can be 100% sure what path do you mean.

For a currently running application, you can find a path to the main module of its entry assembly, which is usually some *.EXE file:

C#

string exeFile =
   System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location;

Note: there are several other methods, but some of them are not reliable (not universal enough) as the result depends on how the application is hosted; for example, it might give different result when hosted as a Windows Service application by a Service Controller or even by Visual Studio debug host.

—SA

Posted 8-Nov-11 19:05pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 8-Nov-11 19:06pm

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Bojjaiah · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-13T22:11:00

Hi guys finally i have solved this answer with help of my tl.
//solution
//method like this
static IEnumerable<string> Search(string root, string searchPattern)
{
Queue<string> dirs = new Queue<string>();
dirs.Enqueue(root);
while (dirs.Count > 0)
{
string dir = dirs.Dequeue();
// files
string[] paths = null;
try
{
paths = Directory.GetFiles(dir, searchPattern);
}
catch
{
}
// swallow
if (paths != null && paths.Length > 0)
{
foreach (string file in paths)
{
yield return file;
}
}
// sub-directories
paths = null;
try
{
paths = Directory.GetDirectories(dir);
}
catch
{
}
// swallow
if (paths != null && paths.Length > 0)
{
foreach (string subDir in paths)
{
dirs.Enqueue(subDir);
}
}
}
}

//call tat method like this
foreach (string match in Search"C:\\","AcroRd32.exe"))
{
Response.Write(match);
return;
}