Finding path where add-ins are installed for ArcGIS Desktop?

Question

I see that my add-ins are installed to C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\ESRI\Desktop10.0\AssemblyCache{6C90269B-D233-4122-3747-C2AE1131E22C}

Is it possible to find that file path from within the Add-in itself? e.g., someone would click a button and it would tell them the path where the add-in is located.

I want to use this location to store user-defined configuration info.

• user4979: won't let me post my own answer yet, so here it is: This returns full path to the .dll Public Function FindMe() As String FindMe = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location ' MsgBox(FindMe) return FindMe End Function
• blah238: You might consider creating a well-known folder under %APPDATA% to store user configuration data rather than in the AssemblyCache folder as this is subject to deletion by the add-in framework and as you have seen requires reflection to determine.
• JC5577: @user4979: you might want to check out this question if you are looking at adding user scoped settings: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/9001/…
• PolyGeo: @blah238 user4979 has not been seen here for over 3 years, and I do not have the knowledge to translate their (and/or your) comment into an answer. Could you perhaps do so sometime?
• blah238: @PolyGeo It was not an answer, just a suggestion.

Answer 1

Here is the C# code to get the addin assembly folder:

public static string AssemblyDirectory
 {
 get
 {
 string codeBase = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
 UriBuilder uri = new UriBuilder(codeBase);
 string path = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri.Path);
 return Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
 }
 }

and VB.NET:

Public Shared ReadOnly Property AssemblyDirectory() As String
 Get
 Dim codeBase As String = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase
 Dim uri__1 As New UriBuilder(codeBase)
 Dim path__2 As String = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri__1.Path)
 Return Path.GetDirectoryName(path__2)
 End Get
End Property

Answer 2

If you are using Python, you can find the folder location by doing the following

import os
print os.path.dirname(__file__)

• PolyGeo: Python add-ins did not appear until ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop and this is a 10.0 question so the type of add-ins involved are described at help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/…