Fusion - .net tool (binds refernces/probing)

fusion (fuslogvw.exe - default location c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\SDK\\bin ) does the job of finding assembly references at a fixed number of location.

Probing looks for references in the current dir as well as the dir/
eg: lets say current dir is Pro. so searching for foo.dll, fusion looks in Pro and Pro/foo directories for the dll.


to view the search log we need to enable a registry key -
goto vs command prompt
reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion /v EnableLog /t REG_DWORD /d 1
--adds a registry key 'EnableLog' under fusion(codename of the assembly loader component of the CLR) of type DWORD


You can create a simple program which refers a dll and then move the refered dll to some other location(other then dir\)

after enabling fusion log u'll get message that define the search process otherwise u'll just get a .net exception message.

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