Is it possible to separate a C# executable and its dependent dlls in different folder and run the application ?

Question

I am working on a feasibility task, where it is required to keep a C# - WPF application in a folder and to keep its dependency dlls in a separate folder. Is it possible to do dynamic loading ?

When I investigated I found that .NET assemblies should be placed in a common directory/sub directories due to security reasons, otherwise it wont work. My requirement is to separate them in a different drive-folder.

Can you suggest a solution for this?

Answer 1

Yes, you could load dependent assemblies from anywhere you like by handling the AppDomain.AssemblyResolve Event. If your application knows that the dependent assemblies may be in another directory, it can handle this event (which automatically means they can't be found in the application directory, since the .Net framework looks there first), and try to retrieve the directory load Alternate location for device assembly.

For more information, see Resolving Assembly Loads.

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