'How to get the directory of the .exe for a Node.js pkg executable?
I'm compiling/building a Node.js project into an .exe using Vercel's pkg but I'm trying to find where that executable file is during the program's runtime. To clarify, I want the Node.js program to know where the .exe file it is being run from is, to confirm it is correctly installed.
Context: I cannot guarantee where the user has the .exe stored the first time they run it, but I want it to copy itself to the AppData folder so I can setup a Windows service from it, if it's not being run from there already. This in hopes of making a self-installing program, that doesn't require me to build an installed around it.
So on it's first run, I need the location of the .exe to be able to copy where I want. I might just have not picked it up, but I can't find an answer on either the pkg documentation or on another question here.
What I've Tried: I have tried process.cwd, process.pkg, __filename, __dirname and so on, but they all lead to the wrong thing, usually the snapshot folder of files.
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