C# set appdata or any special folder path in app config file

Question

I was trying to find a way to use appdata path as my environment.currentdurectory which means I want to run the c# application from appdata folder and in my project I always used environment.currentdirectory.

I couldn't find a way that I can set appdata path in app config and later replace environment.curentdirectory by appdata path...

PS:.

1) I want to set my programs data path as appdata

2) my project code is set to use environment.currentdirectory

3) I don't want to replace environment.currentdirectory by going each line by line

Target .Net framework 4

Answer 1

Have you tried doing this via the app domain.

See:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.appdomain.basedirectory?view=netframework-4.7.2

    // Create application domain setup information
    var domaininfo = new AppDomainSetup();
    domaininfo.ConfigurationFile = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory + 
                                   Path.DirectorySeparatorChar +
                                   "ADSetup.exe.config";
    domaininfo.ApplicationBase = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory;

    //Create evidence for the new appdomain from evidence of the current application domain
    Evidence adEvidence = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Evidence;

    // Create appdomain
    AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("Domain2", adEvidence, domaininfo);

    // Display application domain information.
    Console.WriteLine("Host domain: " + AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
    Console.WriteLine("Child domain: " + domain.FriendlyName);
    Console.WriteLine();
    Console.WriteLine("Configuration file: " + domain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);
    Console.WriteLine("Application Base Directory: " + domain.BaseDirectory);

    AppDomain.Unload(domain);