How to get Application Installation Directory

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Hi,

I need to get the absolute path of the application installation directory. Is there any method to obtain it ?

If I am correct, ::GetCurrentDirectory won't do because if I am calling the exe of the application from cmd line or another application; it fails. same goes with _getcwd()

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Shishir

Posted 18-Oct-10 6:52am

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Thanks for the reply. I will try it out.

Posted 18-Oct-10 9:55am

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Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18T07:00:00

Solution 1

GetModuleFileName is what you need.

Posted 18-Oct-10 7:00am

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Sauro Viti · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18T07:35:00

Use the GetModuleFileName Function (Windows)[^] to get the full pathname of the application executable, then use the PathRemoveFileSpec Function (Windows)[^] to remove the trailing file name and backslash from that path, as shown below:

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TCHAR szFilename[MAX_PATH];
VERIFY(GetModuleFileName(NULL, szFilename, MAX_PATH) < MAX_PATH);
VERIFY(PathRemoveFileSpec(szFilename));