Get application launch in App.xaml.cs

Question

How can I run the runnig path to my application from app.xaml.cs itself?

Answer 1

You may try

Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

and / or

Environment.CurrentDirectory

Answer 2

You can simply use the System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs property to get the command line that starts the application. Parse this using the System.IO.Path methods to extract only the executable file name or full path.

var exeName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(
    System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0]);
MessageBox.Show("This exe filename is " + exeName);

Answer 3

This always works:

System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath