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C#•2y ago

❔ Getting exe path of entry point

I do have a WinUI 3 project and I am unable to retrieve the exe path of my application. That's what I have tried. But I get the dll only.

string? target = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(App))?.GetName().CodeBase;
// returns the dll path instead of the exe

string? target = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(App))?.GetName().CodeBase;
// returns the dll path instead of the exe

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sibber•2y ago

replace the extension with exe theyre always in the same folder anyway

Halfbax•2y ago

I will do that, but is it clean?

sibber•2y ago

i mean its the only option

sibber•2y ago

use this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.path.changeextension?view=net-6.0

Path.ChangeExtension(String, String) Method (System.IO)

Changes the extension of a path string.

Halfbax•2y ago

I think I have found the optimal solution Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() returns the file name Thanks for the help. 🙂 Nice to know that Path has a method for changing the extension. Why did they do that? Isn't it just a wrapper for String.Replace?

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sibber•2y ago

it covers edge cases not necessarily always

reflectronic•2y ago

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.getcommandlineargs?view=net-7.0

The first element is the executable file name

reflectronic•2y ago

you can alternatively use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.processpath?view=net-7.0

Environment.ProcessPath Property (System)

Returns the path of the executable that started the currently executing process. Returns null when the path is not available.

sibber•2y ago

yeah but if you dotnet YourApp.dll it will return the path to the dll actually if you run the exe too

Accord•2y ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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