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<probing> Element 

.NET Framework 2.0

Specifies application base subdirectories for the common language runtime to search when loading assemblies.

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<probing privatePath="paths"/>

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description

privatePath

Required attribute.

Specifies subdirectories of the application's base directory that might contain assemblies. Delimit each subdirectory with a semicolon.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description

assemblyBinding

Contains information about assembly version redirection and the locations of assemblies.

configuration

The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.

runtime

Contains information about assembly binding and garbage collection.

The following example shows how to specify application base subdirectories the runtime should search for assemblies.

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<configuration>
   <runtime>
      <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
         <probing privatePath="bin;bin2\subbin;bin3"/>
      </assemblyBinding>
   </runtime>
</configuration>
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Important Note

The <runtime> element must be after the <configSections> element in your app.config file or you will get an exception when your app is loading.

This was noted by user 'akcoder' for .NET Framework Version 3.0. I have also encountered the same problem on Version 2.0.

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