Windows service – get current directory

February 23, 2023 by Tarik

You can set the current directory to the directory that your service is running from by including this line in your code:

System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);

The important part of this is:

System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

That returns the path to the directory your service is running from.