I have an assembly that reads a configuration file which is in the application

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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T06:50:37+00:00 2026-05-12T06:50:37+00:00

I have an assembly that reads a configuration file which is in the application directory.

This assembly is used from a windows service and a web service.

From the windows service the following works:

string ConfigFile = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, “MyFile.config”);

However from the webservice, baseDirectory is the directory before the bin directory where the config file is.

So how do I make the assembly find the file for both a windows service and a web service?

Thanks
JD.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-12T06:50:37+00:00

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Why do you not just check if the config file exists in

Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "MyFile.config");

and if it does not you check here:

Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "bin\MyFile.config");

Hopefully I understood the description of the behaviour in the “webservice case” correctly.

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