Question

I found something on google but it not working on C# Console Application

What I found:

string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);

How I can get application directory using c# Console Application?

Answer 1

If you still want to use Application.ExecutablePath in console application you need to:

1. Add a reference to System.Windows.Forms namespace

2. Add System.Windows.Forms to your usings section

   using System;
   using System.IO;
   using System.Windows.Forms;
   
   namespace ConsoleApplication1
   {
       class Program
       {
           static void Main(string[] args)
           {
               string appDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);
               Console.WriteLine(appDirectory);
           }
       }
   }
   

Also you can use Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() instead of Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath) and thus you won’t need a reference to System.Windows.Forms.

If you’d like not to include neither System.IO nor System.Windows.Forms namespaces then you should follow Reimeus’s answer.