AppContext.BaseDirectory Property

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

AppContext.cs

Gets the file path of the base directory that the assembly resolver uses to probe for assemblies.

public:
 static property System::String ^ BaseDirectory { System::String ^ get(); };

public static string BaseDirectory { get; }

static member BaseDirectory : string

Public Shared ReadOnly Property BaseDirectory As String

Property Value

String

The file path of the base directory that the assembly resolver uses to probe for assemblies.

Remarks

This is a per-application domain property. Its value corresponds to the AppDomain.BaseDirectory property of the current application domain.

In .NET 5 and later versions, for bundled assemblies, the value returned is the containing directory of the host executable.