How to load assemblies outside the appbase(more information)

Question

I want to know how to load assemblies which are outside the Appbase and Appdomain.

My problem is that I have a list of assemblies that are on a shared directory. My

Answer 1

7 1/2 years late. You can't https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/configure-apps/specify-assembly-location

The directories specified in privatePath must be subdirectories of the application base directory.

Answer 2

There is an event that is fired if it can't find an assembly or one of its references:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve);

Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
        {

        }

Add it before you're loading your assemblies. Put a breakpoint in it and in args there should be some info about the assembly you're missing

Answer 3

What About MSDN - Assembly Load File

string filePath = "C:\asmPath";
Assembly myAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile(filePath);

You can also define a probe path in your app.config (which I consider a better solution) and having the CLR loading the assemblies on demand. MSDN Probing Path

<configuration>
   <runtime>
      <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
         <probing privatePath="bin;bin2\subbin;bin3"/>
      </assemblyBinding>
   </runtime>
</configuration>

Answer 4

thanks to @hcb's instruction I finally solve this problem:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve);

Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
{
    if (args.Name.Contains("Dll2Find"))
    {
        try
        {
            return Assembly.LoadFrom(@"D:\findHere\Dll2Find.dll");
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    return null;
}