Assembly.Location throws ArgumentException in a Visual Studio 2010 add-in on a network share

Assembly.Location throws ArgumentException in a Visual Studio 2010 add-in on a network share by Sergey Vlasov

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Type:	Bug
ID:	569589
Opened:	6/22/2010 5:08:12 AM
Access Restriction:	Public

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System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location throws ArgumentException "Absolute path information is required." in a Visual Studio 2010 add-in when running from a network share.

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Visual Studio 2010

Windows 7

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1. Create the c:\docs folder and share it with a network.
2. Change My Documents path to this network folder: C:\users\user\My Documents properties - Location tab - click Move - select folder \\localhost\docs - OK.
3. Add <loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true"/> to the runtime section in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config" to enable running VS 2010 add-ins from a network share.
4. In Visual Studio 2010: New project - Other Project Types - Extensibility - Visual Studio Add-in - defaults except check "I would like my Add-in to load when the host application starts"
5. To the end of the OnConnection method add
string s = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
6. Build and Start Debugging.

System.ArgumentException {"Absolute path information is required."} when running VS with the new add-in.

No exception, the correct location stored in the s variable.

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Posted by Microsoft on 6/30/2010 at 1:44 PM

Hi Sergey

I was able to work around this problem by mapping my share to a drive letter and then setting my My Documents root to that, instead of the network path to the share. This succeeds in getting the path.

Gary Horen
Program Manager
Visual Studio.

Posted by Microsoft on 6/22/2010 at 5:54 PM

Thanks for your feedback.

We are rerouting this issue to the appropriate group within the Visual Studio Product Team for triage and resolution. These specialized experts will follow-up with your issue.

Posted by Microsoft on 6/22/2010 at 5:45 PM