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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 9.0Common7

(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:dprojDTASCallDTASuperChargein

What is correct?

Starting the application standalone displays the expected current directory,

D:dprojDTASCallDTASuperChargein

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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In Visual Studio, under the project's settings in the debug tab, you can set the "Working Directory" if you want.

To determine the current working directory in code or in the immediate window in a breakpoint, try

System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()

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