# withWorkingDirectory

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.2.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Sets the executable working directory

## Definition

```typescript
interface ExecutableResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory: string): ExecutableResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `workingDirectory` (`string`)

## Returns

[ExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/executableresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [ExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/executableresource.md)
- [DotnetToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/dotnettoolresource.md)