How to add folder to assembly search path at runtime in .NET?

Question

My DLLs are loaded by a third-party application, which we can not customize. My assemblies have to be located in their own folder. I can not put them into GAC (my applicatio

Answer 1

The best explanation from MS itself:

AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
currentDomain.AssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(MyResolveEventHandler);

private Assembly MyResolveEventHandler(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
{
    //This handler is called only when the common language runtime tries to bind to the assembly and fails.

    //Retrieve the list of referenced assemblies in an array of AssemblyName.
    Assembly MyAssembly, objExecutingAssembly;
    string strTempAssmbPath = "";

    objExecutingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    AssemblyName[] arrReferencedAssmbNames = objExecutingAssembly.GetReferencedAssemblies();

    //Loop through the array of referenced assembly names.
    foreach(AssemblyName strAssmbName in arrReferencedAssmbNames)
    {
        //Check for the assembly names that have raised the "AssemblyResolve" event.
        if(strAssmbName.FullName.Substring(0, strAssmbName.FullName.IndexOf(",")) == args.Name.Substring(0, args.Name.IndexOf(",")))
        {
            //Build the path of the assembly from where it has to be loaded.                
            strTempAssmbPath = "C:\\Myassemblies\\" + args.Name.Substring(0,args.Name.IndexOf(","))+".dll";
            break;
        }

    }

    //Load the assembly from the specified path.                    
    MyAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(strTempAssmbPath);                   

    //Return the loaded assembly.
    return MyAssembly;          
}