How to fix could not load file or assembly exception?

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I am having two projects test1 and test2 inside a single solution.
What my requirement is: I want to execute test2.exe from test1.exe
So what i have done is : I added test2.exe as a Resource to test1 and on
'test1-button_click' invoked the test1.exe,
but getting an exception "Could not load file or assembly myDll.dll" Even after i added the dll as a Resource inside test2.

What I have tried:

Tried by adding the dll to Resource folder and added that one as the Reference.

please help...

Posted 28-Dec-20 4:43am

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Updated 28-Dec-20 5:26am

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Dave Kreskowiak 28-Dec-20 13:49pm

You cannot launch an executable out of Resources. It must be it's own file on disk for it to be launched. That includes any .DLL's the executable needs to run.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2020-12-28T05:26:00

Solution 1

Don't. Just add the files to the test1 project and use Process.Start to run it:

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Process.Start("test2.exe");

Posted 28-Dec-20 5:26am

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Member 14978771 28-Dec-20 13:35pm

Actually i need a shortcut of test2.exe on desktop too, that's why i added test2.exe as a Resource on Project test1. So using a simple Process.Start mightn't help.