How can I get the current instance's executable file name from native win32 C++ app? [duplicate]

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How to get the application executable name in Windows (C++ Win32 or C++/CLI)?

How can I get the current instance's file name & path from within my native win32 C++ application?

For example; if my application was c:\projects\testapps\getapppath.exe it would be able to tell the path is c:\projects\testapps\getapppath.exe

Answer 1

You can do this via the GetModuleFileName function.

TCHAR szFileName[MAX_PATH];

GetModuleFileName(NULL, szFileName, MAX_PATH)

Answer 2

GetCurrentProcess, then QueryFullProcessImageName

Other answers are better for your own process - this is preferred for remote ones. Per the docs:

To retrieve the module name of the current process, use the GetModuleFileName function with a NULL module handle. This is more efficient than calling the GetProcessImageFileName function with a handle to the current process.

To retrieve the name of the main executable module for a remote process in win32 path format, use the QueryFullProcessImageName function.

Answer 3

See GetModuleFileName()

Answer 4

UPDATE: Works only for console applications!

The program's path is passed as first argument, It's stored in argv[0] in the main(argc, argv[]) function.