Can't run the application outside the debug folder.

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Hi, I just finished my application, but when I moved the exe on my desktop I got this error:

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System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'HttpService, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. Can not find the file.
File name: 'HttpService, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'

did I miss anything?

any help would be highly appreciated.

Posted 3-Feb-13 3:29am

maxbre

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Solution 2

The reasons can be different.

Please see my two comprehensive answers which explain how to work with all kinds of paths:
How to find my programs directory (executable directory),
How to find my programs directory ("special folders", working directory).

I want to reiterate that there are no situation when using any hard-coded file path can be useful. In all cases, paths should be calculated during run time based on user input, configuration files, etc, based on the methods I described above.

—SA

Posted 3-Feb-13 7:41am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 3-Feb-13 7:43am

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Kishor Deshpande 3-Feb-13 22:02pm

My 5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-Feb-13 22:31pm

Thank you, Kishor.
—SA

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**Joezer BH** · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-03T03:36:00

Solution 1

Hi Maxbre,

You are probably using a relative path to a file (which file?) that is found relative to the Debug folder, but not in the same relative path to the Release folder.

Cheers,
Edo

Posted 3-Feb-13 3:36am

Joezer BH

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maxbre 3-Feb-13 9:57am

Ok thanks, I saw that the application is looking for C:\Users\Max\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\HttpService\bin\Release\HttpService.exe. I have a reference to a windows service that is hosting a wcf service. The httpService.exe is supposed to be runned as a Windows Service on a server while the HttpClient.exe is running on other computers. How can I keep the reference without the HttpService.exe in the same directory?

Joezer BH 4-Feb-13 0:47am

What I usually do is keep a config file with such params.
The config can be set on the Visual Studio to be copied to the output folder on compilation.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-Feb-13 13:36pm

Using relative path is as bad as using absolute path.
The problems are using 1) any hard-coded path at all, 2) using working directory based on assumption that the user never changes it.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-Feb-13 13:43pm

Please see my answer for detail, it's more or less comprehensive...
—SA