Question

I am trying to get the root folder of the application. I have used the following code, but this gives the bin folder, but what I need is the root folder of the application. Is it possible to get this?

// This is the full directory and exe name
String fullAppName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;

// This strips off the exe name
String fullAppPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(fullAppName);

Answer 1

The location where your exe is, is the root of the application.

You can use string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath); to get the application path.

If you want to find the folder the solution is in, i suggest starting at the exe location, then walking up the directory tree until you get to a folder containing a .sln file. Not too sure why you’d like to do this though.

EDIT: Just figured out you’re creating an asp.net site. In which case you should be able to use below (found here):

public static string MappedApplicationPath
{
   get
   {
      string APP_PATH = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath.ToLower();
      if(APP_PATH == "/")      //a site
         APP_PATH = "/";
      else if(!APP_PATH.EndsWith(@"/")) //a virtual
         APP_PATH += @"/";

      string it = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(APP_PATH);
      if(!it.EndsWith(@"\"))
         it += @"\";
      return it;
   }
}