How to run regasm.exe from command line other than Visual Studio command prompt?

Question

I want to run regasm.exe from cmd. which is available in c:\\windows\\Microsoft.net\\framework\\2.057

I do like this c:\\ regasm.exe

It gives regasm is n

Answer 1

You don't need the directory on your path. You could put it on your path, but you don't NEED to do that.
If you are calling regasm rarely, or calling it from a batch file, you may find it is simpler to just invoke regasm via the fully-qualified pathname on the exe, eg:

c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\regasm.exe   MyAssembly.dll

Answer 2

If you created the DLL using .net 4.5 , then copy and paste this command on command prompt.

 %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe MyAssembly.dll

Answer 3

I use this as post-build event in Visual Studio:

call "%VS90COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat"
regasm  $(TargetPath) /tlb

Depending on your Visual Studio version, use these environment variables instead:

1. Visual Studio 2008: VS90COMNTOOLS
2. Visual Studio 2010: VS100COMNTOOLS
3. Visual Studio 2012: VS110COMNTOOLS
4. Visual Studio 2013: VS120COMNTOOLS
5. Visual Studio 2015: VS140COMNTOOLS
6. Visual Studio 2017: VS150COMNTOOLS

Answer 4

I really dislike the hard coding of paths to get to regasm, when you install a new .Net or run on a machine with a different version, you need to ensure you find a version of regasm. Here's a solution to find the regasm.exe from the most current .Net installed regasm.

Within a bat file:

for /f %%a in ('dir %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\regasm.exe /s /b') do set currentRegasm="%%a"
%currentRegasm% "full\path\to\your.dll" /options

Outside of a bat file (i.e. command prompt), just use %a instead of %%a

Answer 5

Like Cheeso said:

You don't need the directory on your path. You could put it on your path, but you don't NEED to do that. If you are calling regasm rarely, or calling it from a batch file, you may find it is simpler to just invoke regasm via the fully-qualified pathname on the exe, eg:

%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\regasm.exe MyAssembly.dll

Answer 6

Execute only 1 of the below
Once a command works, skip the rest/ below to it:

Normal:

%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll /tlb:myTest.tlb
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll /tlb:myTest.tlb /codebase

Only if you face issues, use old version 'v2.0.50727':

%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll /tlb:myTest.tlb
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll /tlb:myTest.tlb 

Only if you built myTest.dll for 64bit Only, use 'Framework64' path:

%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe myTest.dll

Note: 64-bit built dlls will not work on 32-bit platform.

All options:

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/regasm-exe-assembly-registration-tool