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The debugger's working directory. The default directory is the directory that contains the .vcproj file.
Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property WorkingDirectory As String
'Usage
Dim instance As VCDebugSettings 
Dim value As String 
value = instance.WorkingDirectory
instance.WorkingDirectory = value
string WorkingDirectory { get; set; }
property String^ WorkingDirectory {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
function get WorkingDirectory () : String 
function set WorkingDirectory (value : String)
Property Value
Type: System.String
The debugger's working directory.
Remarks
See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.
Examples
The following sample code modifies the WorkingDirectory property in the integrated development environment (IDE):
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim mystring As String
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection
        Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
        Dim tool As VCDebugSettings
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        cfgs = prj.Configurations
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)
        tool = cfg.DebugSettings
        tool.WorkingDirectory = "c:\"
    End Sub
End Module
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.