ResolveAssemblyReference.cache

[BFlaherty_2003]

What is this file, and what is it used for?

The reason that I am asking is I am having an issue with my referenced
assemblies. I have several utility type assemblies/dlls that I am
trying to reference in a web solution. I modified the version of the
utility type dlls, and for some reason the web app is not able to load
the new version of the dll. For some reason, it is still looking for
the older version of the dll. I poked around the debug and obj
folders, and I see that there is a file named
ResolveAssemblyReference.cache. The interesting thing is that inside
this file is a reference to the older version of the dll. So, based
on the name of the file, and the behaviour that I am seeing, it looks
like the dlls are getting cached. I don't want this to happen. Any
suggestions on how to resolve this?

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Instead of looking at this file, have you looked at the fusion logger?
It is a tool distributed with the .NET framework to help track assembly
loading.

Here is a link to the fusion logger documentation:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e74a18c4(vs.71).aspx