probing privatePath and subdirectories

.net, assembly-resolution

Solution

You can set multiple paths to probe.

<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
    <probing privatePath="libs;libs/de;libs/fr"/>
</assemblyBinding>

Please see official microsoft documentation on probing element

Problem

In my application I would like to put DLL files in a subdirectory. I'm using the `probing` element in app.config and it works quite fine, but I've got an issue with localization assemblies. ``` <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"> <probing privatePath="libs"/> </assemblyBinding> ``` If I have two DLLs in: ``` libs/de/myAssembly.dll ``` and ``` libs/myAssembly.dll ``` The first one is loaded, while I want that the file in the root folder is preferred. How can I achieve this?

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