Get the root directory of the EXE - C#

Question

I have the EXE in the following location:

C:\Projects\Bin\Sample.EXE

I want to get the path in C# like this:

C:\Projects\

One way to do this is:

string str = "C:\\Projects\\Bin\\Sample.EXE"
string res = str.Replace("Bin", "")

But this is NOT an efficient way. My Bin folder can be changed to Bin1, Bin2 etc ... So the Bin name is NOT constant. It can be C:\\Projects\\Debug\\Sample.EXE also. Basically, I want to move one level up in the directory structure.

Can you please provide me sample code ?

Here is the sample code I am looking for:

@marc_s code

This is completely different from above two previous questions and I did not find solution to my issue using earlier two links.

`System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location` Gives you the executing directory, you can then use the methods in `System.IO.Directory` to move up the chain. — Ron Beyer, Aug 18 '15 at 19:16
See also this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4764782/467473 — Nicholas Carey, Aug 18 '15 at 20:26

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '15 at 19:37

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Get the location of the currently executing assembly, and go up one level from that directory - like this:

-- get path of the executing assembly
string currentPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

-- get the parent directory for that path
string parentPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(currentPath, ".."));

answered Aug 18 '15 at 19:37

marc_s

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This is working great ! The key statement will be - Path.Combine(currentPath, ".."); – Kishore Babu. Peddi Aug 18 '15 at 21:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 18 '15 at 19:18

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string path = @"C:\Projects\Bin\Sample.EXE";
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(path);

string res = file.Directory.Parent.FullName;
Console.WriteLine(res); // C:\Projects

answered Aug 18 '15 at 19:18

poke

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I used both of them .... System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location and string path = @"C:\Projects\Bin\Sample.EXE"; FileInfo file = new FileInfo(path); string res = file.Directory.Parent.FullName; Console.WriteLine(res); // C:\Projects Still I am testing ... – Kishore Babu. Peddi Aug 18 '15 at 20:34

Get the root directory of the EXE - C#

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