RE: Custom Module will not debug

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Hi Dave,

Thanks for your feedback.

This is not a feature of Visual Studio. It is the .Net loader algorithm
that probes the GAC first. This is documented in the link below:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yx7xezcf.aspx

Note: .Net loader will only probe GAC for strong named assembly. This
algorithm decision is introduced to address the DLL Hell and version
conflict problem pre-.Net. So, for debugging purpose, you may not deploy
your strong named assembly into the GAC. Once the .Net loader can not find
your strong named assembly in GAC, it will use your private folder assembly
instead. This will be convenient for development debugging.

Additionally, one approach to find out where your assembly is loaded from
is using Debug->Windows->Modules window. In this window, you can find your
assembly module and its full path.

Hope this makes sense.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
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