Thanks, Nate.
I just tried that and I still get the same error. I've got the DLL in the bin/Release folder which is where my output folder is specified to. Grrr.
Thanks
Brian
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Browse All TopicsI have created a new project in which I reference an assembly named 'X'. The project builds fine but when i run it, I get the following error:
Could not load file or assembly 'X, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Any help would earn you 500 points! :)
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by: InternalStaticPosted on 2009-11-05 at 14:08:37ID: 25754590
Hmm... Try copying/pasting this library into the path of your executable (usually bin/debug for debug builds, or bin/release for release builds, unless you changed the output path yourself).
If this doesn't work, we can see about installing this "assembly X" to your GAC.
With DLL's that are not installed in the GAC, you usually need them in the same directory as the executable is run from. However, probing does allow for the DLL to be detected elsewere, depending on the configuration. This can vary too much for me to really give a sure-fire answer on that portion, though. First, just try to copy the X dll into the directory you're running your EXE from.
Hope this helps,
Nate