Debug .NET assembly binding aka Find what dll is used and why

Question

We\'re having some mystery version mismatches on our referenced dll\'s loaded at runtime.

Errors like:

Could not load file or assembly X or on

Answer 1

Totally agree with Chris, Assembly Binding Log Viewer should give you all information you need. In addition you could also use WinDbg + SOS.dll. Mostly it's used for debugging but can be quite useful in some other cases when you need to know as much information as possible. The only problem that could stop you is that it doesn't have nice UI like VS debugger :)

Good luck!