VS 2012 & IIS Express. Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\~\MyPics\My.jpg'

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I am developing a Asp.Net MVC 4 application using VS 2012. The application when running in local is using the IIS Express as web server.I am facing issues in trying to access a file which is part of my solution. I have the following action method :

public FileContentResult GetImage()
        {
            byte[] imageByte = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(@"/MyPics/My.jpg");
            string contentType = "image/jpeg";

            return File(imageByte, contentType);
        }

In the first line, I am getting the following error :

Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\~\MyPics\My.jpg'

I know that the above path is not correct but I am not able to understand what path I should provide in order to solve this problem.

Regards Pawan Mishra

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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You can use Server.MapPath() to get the actual directory like this:

byte[] imageByte = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(Server.MapPath("~/MyPics/My.jpg"));

Some people advocate using HostingEnvironment.MapPath() instead: What is the difference between Server.MapPath and HostingEnvironment.MapPath?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Apr 07 '13 at 15:26

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Awesome, looked everywhere for this. Thnx! – landon beach Sep 10 '13 at 20:35
This is a great way, just had to mention: HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath – Sharif Yazdian May 14 '21 at 18:52
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@SharifYazdian Additionally, you can pass the current context as a parameter to, say, a shared method in a separate class where `HttpContext.Current` is not available, and use `context.Server.MapPath(...)`. – Andrew Morton May 14 '21 at 18:57

VS 2012 & IIS Express. Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\~\MyPics\My.jpg'

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