privatePath Probing not working??

[Richard]

I am writing an installer for our application. The installer places the
application .exe in the install directory and then creates a \bin subfolder
and places all .dlls in the \bin subfolder.

When we run the application it throws a "file not found" exception upon
attempted loading of the dependent .dlls. I have a probing element in my
application's config file:

<configuration>
<runtime>
<assemblyBindings>
<probing privatePath="bin" />
</assemblyBindings>
</runtime>

But it still can't find the .dlls, any ideas?

[Mattias Sjögren]

Richard,

<assemblyBindings>

Should be <assemblyBinding>

Mattias

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[Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]]

"Richard" <Ri*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I am writing an installer for our application. The installer places the
application .exe in the install directory and then creates a \bin
subfolder
and places all .dlls in the \bin subfolder.

When we run the application it throws a "file not found" exception upon
attempted loading of the dependent .dlls. I have a probing element in my
application's config file:

<configuration>
<runtime>
<assemblyBindings>
<probing privatePath="bin" />
</assemblyBindings>
</runtime>

But it still can't find the .dlls, any ideas?

You are missing the namespace on the assemblyBinding element (and those
below it)

<configuration>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="bin" />
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
</configuration>

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
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