Question

I’d like to give the appropriate value to Initial directory, so it would open the folder (called “Images”) which I created in my project.
I must use a relative path, so my program works not depending on the computer I work .
But the problem is I don’t know how to access this folder…

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Answer 1

use:

openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath,
@"YourSubDirectoryName");

Edit: or try this if you prefer… are you in windows forms?

openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = System.IO.Path.Combine(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath), @"YourSubDirectoryName");

Edit 2 for WPF:

string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;

… from the Microsoft Forums…