I am getting an error of "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AI.Web' or one of its dependencies" in the browser of my asp.net app. Microsoft.AI.Web is from Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web NuGet package.
I noticed this:
LOG: Appbase = file:///D:/Source/Workspaces/AppName/Branches/Main/Application/WT/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = D:\Source\Workspaces\AppName\Branches\Main\Application\WT\bin
the dll in question is located at D:\Source\Workspaces\AppName\Branches\Main\Application\packages\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web.2.4.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.AI.Web.dll
As for personal dll's -- In the project-->properties-->build-->output path--> I have it set as "..\Any\Debug\". When I build the project the DLL's populate there.
I checked References and code in .csproj file and all the dll are located where I specified to.
I am not sure why it's trying to look at the bin file of the project when I told the output is somewhere else AND to look for the dlls in that same folder(through references and .csproj file). How do I make it so that VS will look for the dlls in the folder path I want instead of "WT\bin"?
When I change my project output path to "bin", it can detect the dll's there EVEN though the path of the dll remains the same( D:\Source\Workspaces\AppName\Branches\Main\Application\packages\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web.2.4.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.AI.Web.dll).
Since it's a Microsoft strong signed DLL, add it to the server's GAC.
If you place it in the GAC, it'll find the file automatically. Another plus there is that if you need it for another project deployed on the same server, you don't need to deploy it again.
Here's some information on how to install a DLL into the GAC on the server machine, assuming gacutil is not installed there. Look at the accepted answer, not the question. Drag and drop a DLL to the GAC ("assembly") in windows server 2008 .net 4.0
Copy gacutil.exe and gacutil.exe config from your machine to the server's C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
Then run on the server: "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\gacutil.exe" /i "PATH TO YOUR DLL"