How to enable assembly bind failure logging (Fusion) in .NET

Question

How do I enable assembly bind failure logging (Fusion) in .NET?

Answer 1

I usually use the Fusion Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe from a Visual Studio command prompt or Fusion Log Viewer from the start menu) - my standard setup is:

• Open Fusion Log Viewer as administrator
• Click settings
• Check the Enable custom log path checkbox
• Enter the location you want logs to get written to, for example, c:\FusionLogs (Important: make sure that you have actually created this folder in the file system.)
• Make sure that the right level of logging is on (I sometimes just select Log all binds to disk just to make sure things are working right)
• Click OK
• Set the log location option to Custom

Remember to turn of logging off once you're done!

(I just posted this on a similar question - I think it's relevant here too.)