Running web application from bin\debug folder

Question

I'm trying to configure IIS to look for DLLs in the bin\Debug directory (as opposed to the bin directory). I tried updating my web.config, with the following line:

 <runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <probing privatePath="bin\Debug" />
</assemblyBinding>

However, it still doesn't see that directory. Is there something else I am missing?

Answer 1

That's only for secondary assemblies. Jeff Atwood has blogged about it. You cannot entirely replace the bin folder. It just allows you to define an additional probing folder.