PRB: Assembly.LoadFrom Does Not Load Dependent Assemblies That Are Located in the Same Directory (327435)

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. Create a class library that defines a class. Name it DepAssembly:

   //DepAssembly.cs
   using System;
   using System.Reflection;
   
   public class DepAssembly
   {
   }
   					

2. Create a class library that is named MyAssembly, and add a reference to DepAssembly.dll.
3. Add a method that creates an instance of DepAssembly:

   //MyAssembly.cs
   using System;
   using System.Reflection;
   
   public class MyAssembly
   {
   	public void GetDepAssembly()
           { 
              new DepAssembly(); 
           }
   }
   					

4. Create a Console application that is named MyApp that loads MyAssembly.dll with Assembly.LoadFrom(). Use reflection to create a MyAssembly type and then invoke its method:

   //MyApp.cs
   using System;
   using System.Reflection;
   using System.Runtime.Remoting;
   
   class MyApp
   {
   	static void Main()
   	{
   		// Load the assembly and create an Instance of MyAssembly.
   		Assembly aa = Assembly.LoadFrom("MyAssembly\\MyAssembly.dll");
   		Type a_t = aa.GetType("MyAssembly");
   		object o = Activator.CreateInstance(a_t);
   
   		// Invoke the GetDepAssembly method.
   		object ac = o.GetType().InvokeMember("GetDepAssembly", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, o, new object[] {});
   	}
   }
   					

5. Arrange the compiled files in the following directory structure:
   

   \MyApp
   	MyApp.exe
   
   \MyApp\MyAssembly
   	MyAssembly.dll
   	DepAssembly.dll
   						

6. Run MyApp.exe.
   
   With this directory structure, MyApp.exe fails with the exception that is described in the "Symptoms" section.