Tests and deployment files in uplevel directories.

I am using xml configuration files that are stored outside of the bin folder at the same level.

\bin
\maps

When trying to unit test my code I have set the deployment items to copy the folder maps, but it copies the files into what would be the bin folder at run time. So the paths (..\maps) that are used at runtime, are incorrect.

This link has some info, but it doesn't answer my question.
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=7546

[584 byte] By [schallm] at [2008-3-1]