Get File Path of A File In Your Current Project

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How do I programmically get the File Path of a File In my project?

 string fileContent = File.ReadAllText(LocalConstants.EMAIL_PATH);

The EMAIL_PATH I added to my project as a text file. This line of code throws an exception because by default it is looking in the system32 folder for some reason. I need to set it to the projects directory.

Do you need the application directory? – Adriano Repetti May 22 '12 at 14:50 — Adriano Repetti, May 22 '12 at 14:50
I add a text file to my project. I need that directory – Nick LaMarca May 22 '12 at 14:50 — Nick LaMarca, May 22 '12 at 14:50
The projects root directory is what I need – Nick LaMarca May 22 '12 at 14:51 — Nick LaMarca, May 22 '12 at 14:51
Are you trying to embed a txt file into your executable? – banging May 22 '12 at 14:59 — banging, May 22 '12 at 14:59

Tim Schmelter · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-22T15:02:52.683

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You could use Path.Combine and AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory:

string fileName = "SampleFile.txt";
string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, LocalConstants.EMAIL_PATH, fileName);

Returns in a test project in debug mode this path(when LocalConstants.EMAIL_PATH="Emails"):

C:\****\****\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WindowsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\bin\Debug\Emails\SampleFile.txt

edited May 22 '12 at 15:02

answered May 22 '12 at 14:51

Tim Schmelter

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This code points to the bin/Debug folder. EMAIL_PATH is in the root folder of the project – Nick LaMarca May 22 '12 at 15:00
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Maybe my problem is I have to set the text files to copy to output. Is that the standard thing to do? – Nick LaMarca May 22 '12 at 15:04
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@NickLaMarca: You're refering to http://stackoverflow.com/a/857473/284240 ? Maybe, depends on your exact requirement. – Tim Schmelter May 22 '12 at 15:07

dtsg · Answer 2 · 2012-05-22T15:26:08.727

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You can use Environment.CurrentDirectory

See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment.currentdirectory.aspx

For further reading.

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string temp = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase);

Will do the same and is perhaps a little safer.

edited May 22 '12 at 15:26

answered May 22 '12 at 14:54

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It will point to where ever your working directory is. I just ran a demo on a test console app and the output was: "c:\users\duane\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\EnvironmentDemo\EnvironmentDemo\bin\Debug", could you post the string you get from this property? – dtsg May 22 '12 at 15:07
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The current directory isn't always the directory of your application. If it's a support file then it's not safe to assume this. – Adriano Repetti May 22 '12 at 15:14
Incorrect! This is the current working directory, not the directory your project is being served from. – Meekohi Apr 14 '21 at 19:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 06 '16 at 21:22

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This worked for me System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.ToString()

answered Jan 06 '16 at 21:22

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