How to load a .NET assembly for reflection operations and subsequently unload it?

Question

I\'m writing a tool to report information about .NET applications deployed across environments and regions within my client\'s systems.

I\'d like to read the values

Answer 1

You have to use application domains, there's no other way to unload an assembly. Basically you have to use code like this:

AppDomain tempDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("Temp Domain");
tempDomain.Load(assembly);
AppDomain.Unload(tempDomain);