3.9. Unload Assemblies and Application Domains
Problem
You need to unload assemblies or application domains at runtime.
Solution
You have no way to unload individual assemblies from a System.AppDomain. You can unload an entire application domain using the Shared AppDomain.Unload method, which has the effect of unloading all assemblies loaded into the application domain.
How It Works
The only way to unload an assembly is to unload the application domain in which the assembly is loaded. Unfortunately, unloading an application domain will unload all the assemblies that have been loaded into it. This might seem like a heavy-handed and inflexible approach, but with appropriate planning of your application domain, the assembly-loading structure, and ...
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