Unable to run dotnet under certain directories?

I am using the command: dotnet "myfile.dll"

Initially it was giving me this error: The user's home directory could not be determined. Set the 'DOTNET_CLI_HOME' environment variable to specify the directory to use.

Now after messing around with it, I have moved my files to c:/mydir, and it is giving this error: Failed to initialize CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80070057. I found this, but isn't c:/mydir a drive root?

Couple of things I noted:

1. I am able to run the .dll fine in a different directory.

2. Both directories contain same files.

The reason I want to run it in c:/mydir is because I am using AWS CodeDeploy, and that is where it copies the files (as far as I know; and the other directories are just the old versions where the files get copied from).

These issues are not linked (the first one I get from running a automated shell script after installation, and the second I get from manually trying to launch the .dll). If someone could help me solve either one of these issues it would be greatly appreciated.

Try adding Environment=DOTNET_CLI_HOME=/temp to your Service declaration in your .service file. Example syntax:

[Service]
...
Environment=VARNAME=VARCONTENTS

So the actual like would look like this

Environment=DOTNET_CLI_HOME=/temp