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Summary

Retrieves the fully-qualified path for the file that contains the specified module loaded by specified process.

To locate the file for a module that was loaded by current process, use the GetModuleFileName function.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern int GetModuleFileNameEx(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr hModule, StringBuilder lpFilename, int nSize);

C# Signature:

[DllImport("Kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool GetModuleHandleEx(UInt32 dwFlags, string lpModuleName, out IntPtr phModule);

VB Signature:

Declare Function GetModuleFileNameEx Lib "coredll.dll" (ByVal hProcess As IntPtr, ByVal hModule As IntPtr, ByVal lpFileName As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal nSize As Int32) As Int32

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