Background:
I built an installer for my app, and all my dll's and content files are getting correctly copied to the C:\Program Files\MyCompany\MyApp
directory. When I run my app from Visual Studio, everything works great. When I run the installed version of my app, however, I get a DirectoryNotFoundException
. The problem seems to be with Environment.CurrentDirectory
.
I was expecting Environment.CurrentDirectory
to be...
"C:\\Program Files\\MyCompany\\MyApp"
...but it was actually...
"C:\\Documents and Settings\\DanThMan"
What's going on here? How do I solve this?
Thanks.
EDIT:
Okay, hmm. This problem only occurs if I run the Start Menu shortcut. If I run MyApp.exe directly, everything is fine.
EDIT 2:
I think I've gotten to the bottom of this now. In my Installer (which is a Visual Studio SetupProject), the Start Menu shortcut has a property called WorkingFolder
, which "Specifies the folder where the target application for the shortcut will be installed." I had accidentally set WorkingFolder
to "MyCompany". It should be "Application Folder". Now that I have it set correctly, Environment.CurrentDirectory
is once again working as expected. Thanks for all your help.
EDIT 3:
However, reading the warnings below, I have decided to go with the following as a replacement for Environment.CurrentDirectory
:
System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
If you want to get the path to the directory under which your executable runs, you should not rely on the Environment.CurrentDirectory, since it can be changed in a number of ways (shotrtcut settings, etc). Try one of these options instead:
System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);
or
System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);