[RESOLVED] How do you find the Install Path/Location of the EXE?

I want to create a button that opens a supplied word document in their standard word handler like office or openoffice. But how do you find the Location of the exe (Or its folder) and using it to open the Word Document.

I have tried to use

VBCode Code:

Function GetFilenameOnly(ByVal Fullpath As String) As String
    Return System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtention(FullPath)
End Function

with no use. Please help!

If you want to open a data file in the default application for that file type, you don't have to know what that application is. You just call Process.Start and pass the path of the data file and the system will do the rest. It's just as though you double-clicked the data file in Windows Explorer.

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Originally Posted by jmcilhinney

If you want to open a data file in the default application for that file type, you don't have to know what that application is. You just call Process.Start and pass the path of the data file and the system will do the rest. It's just as though you double-clicked the data file in Windows Explorer.

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What i want is a method to find the location of the folder with the exe, since it can be installed anywhere on the harddrive. Then I need to open the word file inside that folder.

The code your looking for is:

Application.StartupPath

For me thats a life saver :o)