How to get Assembly Version (not File Version) for another EXE?

Question

You can use the following to get the File Version:

FileVersionInfo versionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo("filename.exe"); 

But how can you get the Assembly Version for a specific EXE file?

Answer 1

From this blog article How to get assembly version without loading it:

AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName("filename.exe").Version 

This avoids having to load the assembly in its entirity.