AppDomainSetup.PrivateBinPathProbe Property
.NET Framework 4
Updated: March 2011
Gets or sets a string value that includes or excludes ApplicationBase from the search path for the application, and searches only PrivateBinPath.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringA null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to include the application base path when searching for assemblies; any non-null string value to exclude the path. The default value is null.
Implements
IAppDomainSetup.PrivateBinPathProbeSet this property to any non-null string value, including String.Empty (""), to exclude the application directory path — that is, ApplicationBase — from the search path for the application, and to search for assemblies only in PrivateBinPath.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
What's it for?
When would you ever want to exclude the application base path and why is the property a string not a boolean?
[gh] Good questions, Ryan. You might need to load and run an assembly in an application domain that's isolated from your application's base assemblies. You're right, it would make a lot more sense for the property to be Boolean. It was a design error in an earlier version. It would be a breaking change now, and it's not a high enough priority. -- Glenn
[gh] Good questions, Ryan. You might need to load and run an assembly in an application domain that's isolated from your application's base assemblies. You're right, it would make a lot more sense for the property to be Boolean. It was a design error in an earlier version. It would be a breaking change now, and it's not a high enough priority. -- Glenn
- 2/4/2011
- ryansgarrett
- 2/17/2011
- Glenn Hackney - MSFT
