C# Executable Executing directory

Question

What is the best method of getting the path the C# executable is running from?

I need to use it for temp folders etc and currently I'm using:

Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase)

But I then need to do a:

.Replace("file:\\", string.Empty)

as this gives me a URI type path (i.e. has file:\ at the start) which is unusable with some other parts of my code.

Answer 1

Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)

Answer 2

Not an accurate answer to your question, however I would suggest to have a look at:

Path.GetTempFileName()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.gettempfilename.aspx