Getting folder that holds EXE

[D9yvqMoL]

Hello, i am wondering how to get folder, this worked, but it tells me EXE name too:

HMODULE hModule = GetModuleHandleW(NULL);
WCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
GetModuleFileNameW(hModule, path, MAX_PATH);

It Is C:\Users\Arsen\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\C++ Projects\A++ runtime Evernoment\Debug\A++ runtime Evernoment.exe, and i wanna:
C:\Users\Arsen\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\C++ Projects\A++ runtime Evernoment\Debug
or
C:\Users\Arsen\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\C++ Projects\A++ runtime Evernoment\Debug\

[freddie1]

Welcome to the world of string parsing. You need to locate the last backslash in the string and either create a new string that stops at that point, or null terminate the string at that point.

Or, just use GetCurrentDirectory().

[D9yvqMoL]

My question is how to remove last X letters from path, where X is argv[0].length.

[z05DSL3A]

Have a look at the PathCchRemoveFileSpec function.

Or PathRemoveFileSpec _{(deprecated but if you don't use Windows 8...)}

[D9yvqMoL]

Ok:

// A++ runtime Evernoment.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <Shlwapi.h>;
#include <windows.h>;
#include <iostream>;
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

bool hasEnding(std::string const &fullString, std::string const &ending)
{
	if (fullString.length() >= ending.length()) {
		return (0 == fullString.compare (fullString.length() - ending.length(), ending.length(), ending));
	} else {
		return false;
	}
}


void PressEnterToContinue(const char* message){ 
	cout<<message<< " \r\nPress ENTER to exit";
	char c=getchar();
	while (c != '\n' && c != EOF){
		c=getchar(); 
	}
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR *argv[])
{
	HMODULE hModule = GetModuleHandleW(NULL);
	WCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
	GetModuleFileNameW(hModule, path, MAX_PATH);
	PathRemoveFileSpecW(path);
	std::wstring Commands = L"java -jar ";
	Commands.append(path);
	Commands = Commands + L"mylang.jar ";
	wcout<<path<<endl;
	std::wstring Command; 
	
	system("color 7F");
	if(argc == 1){
	std::cout<<"No Variables. Please use Open With";
	PressEnterToContinue("\r\nArsen++ Runtime Evernoment ended!");
	exit(0);
	}
	Commands.append(argv[1]);
	const wchar_t *cmd = Commands.c_str();
	std::wcout<<cmd;
	//_wsystem(cmd);
	PressEnterToContinue("\r\nArsen++ Runtime Evernoment ended!");
	return 0;
}

Error:

1>------ Build started: Project: A++ runtime Evernoment, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1> A++ runtime Evernoment.cpp
1>c:\users\arsen\documents\visual studio 2010\c++ projects\a++ runtime evernoment\a++ runtime evernoment\a++ runtime evernoment.cpp(4): warning C4067: unexpected tokens following preprocessor directive - expected a newline
1>c:\users\arsen\documents\visual studio 2010\c++ projects\a++ runtime evernoment\a++ runtime evernoment\a++ runtime evernoment.cpp(5): warning C4067: unexpected tokens following preprocessor directive - expected a newline
1>c:\users\arsen\documents\visual studio 2010\c++ projects\a++ runtime evernoment\a++ runtime evernoment\a++ runtime evernoment.cpp(6): warning C4067: unexpected tokens following preprocessor directive - expected a newline
1>A++ runtime Evernoment.obj : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/EDITANDCONTINUE' due to '/INCREMENTAL:NO' specification
1>A++ runtime Evernoment.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__PathRemoveFileSpecW@4 referenced in function _wmain
1>C:\Users\Arsen\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\C++ Projects\A++ runtime Evernoment\Debug\A++ runtime Evernoment.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

[Computergeek01]

@ OP: Have you ever seen anyone else end an #include macro statement with a semicolon? Then remove them from Lines 4, 5 and 6.

[z05DSL3A]

You also need to link to the correct library, #pragma comment(lib, "Shlwapi.lib") should do the trick.