Windows service - get current directory

Question

I have a Windows service that should look for a configuration file in its current directory.

So I use directory.getcurrentdirectiry() but instead of the service directory I get back

c:\windows\system32 

Any idea why and how should I get the service directory?

Answer 1

You can set the current directory to the directory that your service is running from by including this line in your code:

System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory); 

The important part of this is:

System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory 

That returns the path to the directory your service is running from.

Answer 2

Try this:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location