How to get program file location?

Question

In my c# windows project i create a installer file.I add some image into program file folder. So i want to locate program file folder and get the image.

Anybody know how to locate that?

Answer 1

You can use Application.ExecutablePath property

Gets the path for the executable file that started the application, including the executable name.

Answer 2

i do this like, just make a folder call it Resources and add the image files in it and retrieve it like this and finally add the Resources folder while making setup. I found this easy.

Image imageNormal = Image.FromFile("Resources\\button_Image.png");
controlName.Image = imageNormal;

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Answer 3

You can use Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly():

var location = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;

Answer 4

It's very Easy , Try the following code AppDomain.CurrentDomain .BaseDirectory

You can try this code to get iamges

 Image.FormFile("Imagename.jpeg" )  

this code itself located the application direcotry for example if you write Image.FromFile("Imagename.jpeg") then it will retrive images in bin folder,