How do I get the name of the current executable in

Question

I want to get the name of the currently running program, that is the executable name of the program. In C/C++ you get it from args[0].

Answer 1

Try this:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()

This returns you a System.Reflection.Assembly instance that has all the data you could ever want to know about the current application. I think that the Location property might get what you are after specifically.

Answer 2

• System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location returns location of exe name if assembly is not loaded from memory.
• System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().CodeBase returns location as URL.