<probing> Element 

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

<probing privatePath="paths"/>

Attributes and Elements

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.

Example

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

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

See Also

Reference

Runtime Settings Schema

Concepts

Specifying an Assembly's Location
How the Runtime Locates Assemblies

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework