Code compiles but System.IO.FileNotFound Exception is thrown

Mrojas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:04:37 GMT

We have seen a situation that can be a little annoying.
I usually find that situation in ASP.NET projects, but it can also happen in Winforms.

The issue is like this:

You have a VStudio Solution
You have added all the needed references
All your code compiles

BUT

When you run the application it terminates at a certain point with a
FileNotFound exception indicating that the assembly blablabla or one of its
dependencies could not be loaded.

Whats hapenning!!!

Do this:

1) Look at the bin\debug or bin\release and make sure that the assembly is in those directories.

2) If the assembly is not there, then go to the project references in the solution explorer, right click and select properties and set the Copy Local Setting

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Code compiles but System.IO.FileNotFound Exception is thrown