I want to get the path of my MFC's EXE so I can use that as the default
directory to store other data. What is the best way to get this? Was
thinking of using m_pszHelpFilePath, but I'm sure there must be a better way
of doing this.....?

Thanks

Call GetCurrentDirectory() (straight Windows API) in your  
code, before any code that changes the current directory
(if any), and it will be the directory where the EXE is
running from.

Jeff

must be a better way

Or call GetModuleDirectory(0)
mith 0 it get you the exe  for your own process

Fred

    Use GetModuleFileName(..). GetCurrentDirectory() will not yield the
correct result when your application is run from a shortcut.

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I doubt that this is fail-safe.  I believe that you can alter the current
directory before your program ever gets started by specifying a path in the
"Start in" directory on the .lnk file shortcut.

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GetModuleFileName(...) returns the full path of your executable.
_tsplitpath(...) / _tmakepath(...) can be used to extract the portions you
need and reconstruct the part that you want.

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Absolutely, positively NOT! This will not work! The current directory can be arbitrarily
set by the user in a shortcut. This means that the current directory is set by
CreateProcess and you have no idea if you can possibly be doing anyting "before any code
that changes the current directory". So the use of GetCurrentDirectory is nonsensical. It
might work some times, but it is certainly not guaranteed and I wouldn't trust anything
this meaningless and accidental. If you notice the current directory is the executable
directory, you are observing a mere coincidence.

TCHAR home;

GetModuleFileName(NULL, home, MAX_PATH);

TCHAR drive[MAX_PATH];
TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];

_tsplitpath(home, drive, path, NULL, NULL);

TCHAR myDataFile[MAX_PATH];
_tmakepath(myDataFile, drive, path, _T("MYDATA"), _T(".DAT"));

now you have the desired path based on where the executable is, not on something as
useless as the current directory.
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