public static string GetLocalAppDataDirectory(string assemblyLocation = null)
{
// Try to divine our our own install location via reading tea leaves
//
// * We're Update.exe, running in the app's install folder
// * We're Update.exe, running on initial install from SquirrelTemp
// * We're a C# EXE with Squirrel linked in
var assembly = Utility.GetAssembyLocation();
if (assemblyLocation == null && assembly == null)
{
// dunno lol
return(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData));
}
assemblyLocation = assemblyLocation ?? assembly;
if (Path.GetFileName(assemblyLocation).Equals("update.exe", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
// NB: Both the "SquirrelTemp" case and the "App's folder" case
// mean that the root app dir is one up
var oneFolderUpFromAppFolder = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyLocation), "..");
return(Path.GetFullPath(oneFolderUpFromAppFolder));
}
var twoFoldersUpFromAppFolder = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyLocation), "..\\..");
return(Path.GetFullPath(twoFoldersUpFromAppFolder));
}