How do I get the name of the current executable in C#?

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System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName

System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName - Returns the filename with extension (e.g. MyApp.exe).

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName - Returns the filename without extension (e.g. MyApp).

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName - Returns the full path and filename (e.g. C:\Examples\Processes\MyApp.exe). You could then pass this into System.IO.Path.GetFileName() or System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension() to achieve the same results as the above.

This should suffice:

Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0];

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess() gets the currently running process. You can use the ProcessName property to figure out the name. Below is a sample console app.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName);
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

This is the code which worked for me:

string fullName = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location;
string myName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fullName);

All the examples above gave me the processName with vshost or the running dll name.

How do I get the name of the current executable in C#?

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