How to get the nuget cache folder location programmatically

While programming if I need to get from a .NET app (not .NET Core app) the list of directories where NuGet stores its packages. Let’s see how to do this.

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In order to achieve this, you need to use the same code and libraries as nuget.exe does:

1. Install nuget package NuGet.Configuration to your project.
2. Add using NuGet.Configuration at the top of your file.
3. Use the following code (which nuget.exe uses itself under the hood)

var settings = Settings.LoadDefaultSettings(null);
Console.WriteLine(SettingsUtility.GetGlobalPackagesFolder(settings));

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From within the .targets file, you can access the current file’s location using the $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) property. Assuming the .targets file is in the nuget build folder; you could get to its own package folder using relative paths like this:

<PropertyGroup>
    <ThisPackageDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\</ThisPackageDirectory>
    ...

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