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I have a windows application that uses an external database and calls an external application to run. I need this application to run from a thumb drive so I cannot hard code the path for the database and external application. How do I determine that path for the thumb drive this application will run from and not the traditional location of the temporary folder that windows runs it from.
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I have a windows application that uses an external database and calls an external application to run. I need this application to run from a thumb drive so I cannot hard code the path for the database and external application. How do I determine that path for the thumb drive this application will run from and not the traditional location of the temporary folder that windows runs it from.

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