C++ Get Current Directory Without Exe

Try the following:

#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
 
#pragma comment(lib,"shlwapi32.lib")
 
BOOL GetModulePath(TCHAR* pBuf, DWORD dwBufSize) {
 
  if (GetModuleFileName(NULL,pBuf,dwBufSize)) {
 
    PathRemoveFileSpec(pBuf); // remove executable name
 
    return TRUE;
  }
 
  return FALSE;
}

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If you are looking for the directory that contains your .exe, you can get the exe path as you have done, then you can use _splitpath to break the path into it's components, and _makepath to put the path to the folder back together:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e737s6tf(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sh8yw82b(VS.80).aspx

No, sorry those didn't work. I know that there is a function that didn't require a maximum size limit because I used it in this project before but I deleted it and I don't remember what the name of it is.

There isn't a maximum size limit, you just need to specify a buffer size when calling *any* Windows APIs, since they need to know how much space you can provide. You can pretty much provide any space you like, e.g.

TCHAR pBuf = new TCHAR[1024 * 1024 * 1024];
 
GetModulePath(pBuf,1024 * 1024 * 1024);
 
delete [] pBuf;

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BTW, if you just don't like size limits, that's OK, then use a std::string for that, e.g.

#include <string>
typedef std::basic_string<TCHAR> tstring;
 
#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
 
#pragma comment(lib,"shlwapi32.lib")
 
tstring GetModulePath() {
 
  TCHAR acPath[MAX_PATH];
 
  if (GetModuleFileName(NULL,acPath,dwBufSize)) {
 
    PathRemoveFileSpec(acPath); // remove executable name
 
    return tstring(acPath);
  }
 
  return tstring(_T("<none>"));
}

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Thanks guys I found the solution. Looks like jkr was right about using GetCurrentDirectory(). Just had to be configured correctly.

CString GetAppPath()
{
      TCHAR szEXEPath[MAX_PATH];
    GetModuleFileName ( NULL, szEXEPath, MAX_PATH );
      for(int i=strlen(szEXEPath)-2; i>-1; i--)
      {
            if(szEXEPath[i]=='\\'){
                  szEXEPath[i+1] = '\0';
                  break;
            }
      }
      return CString(szEXEPath);
}