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Framework: Mixed mode assembly is built against version 'v2.0.50727' of the runtime

When we were upgraded our project to Framework 4 and compiled we were getting the following error:

Mixed mode assembly is built against version 'v2.0.50727' of the runtime and cannot be loaded in the 4.0 runtime without additional configuration information.

ASP.NET, .NET, Visual Studio: MSDN Event - Scott Guthrie - Part 1

Yesterday I was attended at the talk from Scott Guthrie in Brussels. It was an interesting technical session about all the new features within .Net Framework 4.0, Silverlight 4, VS2010, ASP.NET MVC 2.0.

The final agenda for the event was as follow:

13:00 - 13:30: Welcome and registration
13:30 - 15:00: Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4 Web Development
15:00 - 15:20: Coffee Break
15:20 - 17:30: Silverlight and ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta
17:30 - 18:00: Q&A with Scott Guthrie

C#, .NET: Current Directory for Windows Service

When calling for the current directory in a Windows Service with the Path.GetCurrentDirectory() you will probably not getting the correct directory but the C:\Windows\System32 directory.

.NET, Tools: Framework Configuration Tool (mscorcfg.msc)

Microsoft has removed the .NET Framework Configuration Tool from the standard framework installations. They have decided to remove this tool from the control panel because the average end-user don't need this tool. But me as Developer this tool is a must have.

If you want to use this tool Microsoft has decided to make it part of the SDK version.

Because I'm not happy to install the whole SDK version only for this tool I have found a workaround with an setup.