How can I find out the folder where the windows service .exe file is installed dynamically?
Path.GetFullPath(relativePath);
returns a path based on C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory.
However, the XmlDocument.Load(string filename) method appears to be working against relative path inside the directory where the service .exe file is installed to.
This works for our windows service:
//CommandLine without the first and last two characters
//Path.GetDirectory seems to have some difficulties with these (special chars maybe?)
string cmdLine = Environment.CommandLine.Remove(Environment.CommandLine.Length - 2, 2).Remove(0, 1);
string workDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(cmdLine);
This should give you the absolute path of the executable.
Another version of the above:
string path = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(path);
string dir = fileInfo.DirectoryName;
This should give you the path that the executable resides in:
Environment.CurrentDirectory;
If not, you could try:
Directory.GetParent(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location).FullName
A more hacky, but functional way:
Path.GetFullPath("a").TrimEnd('a')
:)