How to get files in a relative path in C#

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To make sure you have the application’s path (and not just the current directory), use this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.getcurrentprocess.aspx

Now you have a Process object that represents the process that is running.

Then use Process.MainModule.FileName:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.processmodule.filename.aspx

Finally, use Path.GetDirectoryName to get the folder containing the .exe:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getdirectoryname.aspx

So this is what you want:

string folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName) + @"\Archive\";
string filter = "*.zip";
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(folder, filter);

(Notice that "\Archive\" from your question is now @"\Archive\": you need the @ so that the \ backslashes aren’t interpreted as the start of an escape sequence)

Hope that helps!

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