How to get current working directory path c#?

Question

I have a cursor file in project. I have given the absolute path in code i.e

F:/r.cur

the problem is this is hard-coded path And i Want relative path so that if i move my solution to another system the code should not effect.

please suggest how to set relative path

//current code i am using 
 p.Cursor = new Cursor("F:/r.cur");

put it in the resource folder, and reference it as Properties.Reources.xxx — David, Feb 12 '14 at 11:05
@David yes i Have tried this by putting the r.cur file in recourse folder but its not showing it in code. its only showing .jpg type of files — yogeshkmrsoni01, Feb 12 '14 at 11:13
@hbsrud If i try to pack r.cur in same project directory still i need to give absolute path. This might seems okay. but still it might have dependency if I make setup of the project and send it to another user — yogeshkmrsoni01, Feb 12 '14 at 11:15
@yogeshkmrsoni01, did you right click the resource file and put the action as "embedded resource", rather than "none" or "compile"? — David, Feb 12 '14 at 11:16
@ David, This new thing i have learnt. but still it is not showing me ..;) suggest any other way — yogeshkmrsoni01, Feb 12 '14 at 11:24
@yogeshkmrsoni01 You should try Vignesh Kumars approach, put that ``r.cur`` in your project folder and then do ``p.Cursor = new Cursor(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "/r.cur");`` — hbsrud, Feb 12 '14 at 11:26
@hbsrud its also giving me C:\....\myProjectName\bin\Release Folder. and i want to put my cursor file to C:\....\myProjectName\Cursor\r.cur — yogeshkmrsoni01, Feb 12 '14 at 11:37
In that case try ``p.Cursor = new Cursor(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "/Cursor/r.cur");``, but you have to change the Properties of r.cur, so it gets copied. — hbsrud, Feb 12 '14 at 11:44
@hbsrud if i do this then new path will be: C:/..../MyProj/bin/Release/Cursor/r.cur ; but i want C:/..../MyProj/Cursor/r.cur; — yogeshkmrsoni01, Feb 12 '14 at 12:09
possible duplicate of [Get current folder path](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15653921/get-current-folder-path) — , Aug 14 '14 at 07:21

score 65 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:17

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You can use static Directory class - however current directory is distinct from the original directory, which is the one from which the process was started.

System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

So you can use the following to get the directory path of the application executable:

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath);

answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:17

Pavel Cermak

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The above code dosen't work in WPF as as it not have System.Windows.Forms namespace. Use the following instead System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName) – Neha Jain May 10 '16 at 11:37

BRAHIM Kamel · Answer 2 · 2014-02-12T13:09:06.440

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use Application.StartupPath returns path for the executable file that started the application.

        string pathCur = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, @"..\..\r.cur");
        Cursor = new Cursor(pathCur);

edited Feb 12 '14 at 13:09

answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:06

BRAHIM Kamel

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Its returning the C:\Users\yogeshkmrsoni\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\ProjectName\bin\Release ; but i want to copy cursor file to C:\Users\yogeshkmrsoni\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\ProjectName\r.cur, can u suggest any other way – yogeshkmrsoni01 Feb 12 '14 at 11:16
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just to note: this is only for WinForms – sonyisda1 Aug 23 '18 at 12:29

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 29 '15 at 06:28

You can also get by
System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
but it shows bin and debug folder also, if you don't want these folder so you can use that code :

string page = "E:\abccom\Cat\Mouse.aspx"

string name = Path.GetFileName(page );
string nameKey = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(page );
string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(page );

Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}",
page, name, nameKey, directory);

Output:

GetFileName:                                        Mouse.aspx
GetFileNameWithoutExtension:           Mouse
GetDirectoryName:                              E:\abccom\Cat

Happy Coding :)

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 20 '20 at 20:59

Super late to this party, but this works for me when I'm in unit tests.

var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

If you need the root of the project, and not the bin directory then this:

var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
var basePath = currentDirectory.Split(new string[] { "\\bin" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];

It'll be different if you're on a website.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:12

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You can get the current working directory by using System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(). it will return your current executable path.

Thanks

answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:12

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:12

Application.StartupPath should give you application path from where your application is running. I would create a directory structure under application folder. e.g If "C:\Program Files\MyApp" is my application folder, then I would create a folder named cursors under it (C:\Program Files\MyApp\Cursors") and put all cursors within this folder.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 23 '19 at 09:09

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName) at startup will give you the full path.

After that, if you * really want to find something during development (as your comments in other answers point) *, first find the path using FileInfo(thestringwithfilenamepath).Directory.Name.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 20:35

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How about : Environment.CurrentDirectory

See more at : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment?view=net-5.0

answered Sep 27 '21 at 20:35

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