Question

i have a bizzare issue with a program ive written where the command File.Exists() doesnt allways detect the same file in the same directory as the executable.

i have somthing like:

    if (File.Exists("TextFile1.txt"))
        {
        //do some stuff
        }

but the odd thing is if i run this executable in the cmd prompt it doesnt detect the file. BUT if i start this executable via another process it will detect the File Fine.

Any ideas on this bizzare issue?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Since you’re using a relative path I have a hunch that the location of the executing assembly is not what you think it is.

In your code try checking where the exe was launched from with:

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( 
  System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase );

(from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa457089.aspx)