Finding current directory during Visual Studio debugging session?

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How can I find the current directory for a .NET application running under the Visual Studio debugger?

Update 1. To be clear: I don't want to change the code or get information in the program itself - I just want to get information about the application currently being debugged.

While debugging a .NET Windows Forms application (mixed VB.NET and C#) I was not sure from which location a XML file was being read from. I expected the current directory to be the application's directory. However, using Process Explorer, properties for the process result in:

D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\

(right click on process/Properties/tab Image/Current Directory).

Hovering the cursor over the process in the main view of Process Explorer revealed a different result (see below for a screenshot):

D:\dproj\DTASCall\DTASuperCharge\bin\

What is correct?

Starting the application standalone displays the expected current directory,

D:\dproj\DTASCall\DTASuperCharge\bin\

in the Process Explorer process properties window.


Annotated screen-shot of Process Explorer:

Alt text http://www.pil.sdu.dk/1/until2039-12-31/PEdiscrepancy_2009-09-02.png

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