/*
 * Created by vincent.tollu@gmail.com
 * IDE: SharpDevelop
 * Distributed under the GPL
 */
 
using System.Reflection;
string CurrDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

//the above method is broken in some contexts (NUnit test for example), so it's better to use
//this one
string codeBase = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
UriBuilder uri = new UriBuilder(codeBase);
string path = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri.Path);
Path.GetDirectoryName(path);