C# – .NET does not search in PATH for the C# DLL

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I have a C# dll say dll1 that is referenced by another C# dll say dll2 . The path to dll1 is specified in the env variable PATH. when I try to compile dll2 , the dll2 reports error that it could not find the assembly dll1. I am not sure how I can make this happen I thought PATH was used in Dll search by .Net.

Awaiting some helpful advice

Thanks
Karandeep Malik

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The PATH is not searched at all. This article on msdn explains how the runtime locates assemblies.

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