static void Main(string[] args) { AppDomainSetup setup = new AppDomainSetup(); // Shadow copying will not work unless the application has a name. setup.ApplicationName = "MyApplication"; //Create evidence for the new application domain from evidence of // current application domain. Evidence adevidence = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Evidence; // Create a new application domain. AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain", adevidence, setup); // MyAssembly.dll is located in the Assemblies subdirectory. domain.AppendPrivatePath("Assemblies"); // MyOtherAssembly.dll and MyThirdAssembly.dll are located in the // MoreAssemblies subdirectory. domain.AppendPrivatePath("MoreAssemblies"); // Display the relative search path. Console.WriteLine("RelativeSearchPath: " + domain.RelativeSearchPath); // Because Load returns an Assembly object, the assemblies must be // loaded into the current domain as well. This will fail unless the // current domain also has these directories in its search path. AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath("Assemblies"); AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath("MoreAssemblies"); // Save shadow copies to C:\Cache domain.SetCachePath("C:\\Cache"); // Shadow copy only the assemblies in the Assemblies directory. domain.SetShadowCopyPath(domain.BaseDirectory + "Assemblies"); // Turn shadow copying on. domain.SetShadowCopyFiles(); Console.WriteLine("ShadowCopyFiles turned on: " + domain.ShadowCopyFiles); // This will be copied. // You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here. domain.Load("Assembly1 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken"); // This will not be copied. // You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here. domain.Load("Assembly2 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken"); // When the shadow copy path is cleared, the CLR will make shadow copies // of all private assemblies. domain.ClearShadowCopyPath(); // MoreAssemblies\MyThirdAssembly.dll should be shadow copied this time. // You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here. domain.Load("Assembly3 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken"); // Unload the domain. AppDomain.Unload(domain); }