Visual Studio Pre-build Event/Post-build Events Working Directory

Question

It's not clear from the documentation what the working directory is for pre-build or post-build events in Visual Studio. What is it? Where is this documented?

Answer 1

For future reference, to find the execution directory, you could also enter:

"start cd"

in the Pre-Build event command line area.

This will open a command prompt in the current path after saving and triggering a build.

Also, the directory will be pointing in the \\bin\\debug|release.

Answer 2

The working directory is the bin directory of the project.

I was unable to find documentation, but I tested this by making a post build event that made a directory. Then I checked where it was created.