How to get the path of app(without app.exe)?

I want to get the path of my app like: "\\ProgramFiles\\myApp", I try to use the following code:

string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;

But it returns a path which has "\\myapp.exe" at the end.

I also tried:

string path = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

But it throws an “NotSupportedException”.

Is there any way to get a path without .exe at the end?

From stackoverflow

• path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( path );

• Application.StartupPath should do that for you.

  Update: from you edit I see that you are running on Compact Framework. Then Application.StartupPath will not work. This is the construct that I usually use then:

  private static string GetApplicationPath()
  {
      return System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
  }
  

  iPhoney : Sorry for the confusion and thanks for your quick answer ;P

• You can use Path.GetDirectoryName(string) method passing your original path string as parameter for this. What problem are you trying to solve? Maybe you really need something like working directory?

  iPhoney : Thank you and danbyStrom, your guide works well. I'm trying to play sound using the wav file in my app's directory, so I need its directory(without app.exe).

• Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
  

  iPhoney : Thanks, but this will return the file's name "myApp" just like the method's name mentions. Thanks for the guide on this method anyway.

  JP Alioto : Shucks! That's what I thought you wanted. :)

• ¿what about using a FileInfo object to extract the directory name?

  In Vb.Net:

  fi = New FileInfo(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location)
  path = fi.DirectoryName
  

  iPhoney : "Location" is not found in C# app, but everything in () can be replaced by the filepath I wrote and it works. Thanks.

• If its an exe as in your case use:

      // Summary:
      //     Gets the path for the executable file that started the 
      //     application, not including the executable name.    
      Application.StartupPath
  

• More simple than the rest:

  using System.IO;
  using System.Reflection;
  ...
  var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)
  

  iPhoney : ummm...it's simple but "Location" is not found(at least in Windows Mobile app).