How to run regasm.exe from command line other than Visual Studio command prompt?

Question

I want to run regasm.exe from cmd. which is available in c:\\windows\\Microsoft.net\\framework\\2.057

I do like this c:\\ regasm.exe

It gives regasm is n

Answer 1

I really dislike the hard coding of paths to get to regasm, when you install a new .Net or run on a machine with a different version, you need to ensure you find a version of regasm. Here's a solution to find the regasm.exe from the most current .Net installed regasm.

Within a bat file:

for /f %%a in ('dir %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\regasm.exe /s /b') do set currentRegasm="%%a"
%currentRegasm% "full\path\to\your.dll" /options

Outside of a bat file (i.e. command prompt), just use %a instead of %%a