Thread: Executable Name

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    Registered User sean345's Avatar
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    Executable Name

    Is there a function that will return the name of the execatable of your program? For example, if I compile my exe as test.exe, but someone renames it to stuff.exe then I will need to determine the name at run time.
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    Try GetModuleFileName().
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    get the name of the exe from the command line string

    Code:
    char* cmdLine = GetCommandLine();
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