Get current application physical path within Application_Start

Question

I'm not able to get the current physical path within Application_Start using

HttpContext.Current.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath

because there is no Request object at that time.

How else can I get the physical path?

Answer 1

 protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     string path = Server.MapPath("/");
     //or 
     string path2 = Server.MapPath("~");
     //depends on your application needs

 }

Answer 2

I created a website with ASP.Net WebForms where you can see the result of using all forms mentioned in previous responses from a site in Azure.

http://wfserverpaths.azurewebsites.net/

Summary:

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Server.MapPath("/") => D:\home\site\wwwroot\

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Server.MapPath("~") => D:\home\site\wwwroot\

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HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath => D:\home\site\wwwroot\

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HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath => /

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AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory => D:\home\site\wwwroot\

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HostingEnvironment.MapPath("/") => D:\home\site\wwwroot\

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HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~") => D:\home\site\wwwroot\

Answer 3

You can also use

HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath