Error while loading an assembly into a new AppDomain

Question

I tried the below code to load and unload managed assemblies.

AppDomain dom = AppDomain.CreateDomain("some");     
AssemblyName assemblyName = new AssemblyName();
assemblyName.CodeBase = pathToAssembly;
Assembly assembly = dom.Load(assemblyName);
Type [] types = assembly.GetTypes();
AppDomain.Unload(dom);

however, i got an exception "Friendlyname or appdomainbase invalid ", while loading the assembly into the appdomain. Can anyone help me

Answer 1

As the exception implies - it's just that it can't find the assembly.

You need to need to use the AppDomainSetup type when creating the AppDomain and set the ApplicationBase to the folder where you want it to probe for assemblies when using the Load method. You can also set the PrivateBinPath as well for additional paths.

This other MSDN topic (linked from the previous one) gives an example.

Providing a CodeBase in the AssemblyName will not work.