Update DLL reference

Question

I wanted to update some DLLs used in my .NET project to the latest version and I've noticed that, if I replace the DLLs on the file system with their new versions, VS 2012 updates the DLL version number in the Properties window.

Is this some new feature of VS 2012? I don't remember seeing it in VS 2010 (I expected it would need more manual handling).

Is this working right, or should I remove and re-add the DLLs manually from the references, just to be sure?

Anyway, my project compiles and runs fine, so I guess it works...

EDIT:

I guess it works because the DLLs are not strongly named (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wd40t7ad.aspx)? Perhaps I should re-add them if they were... Inside the project file I saw it had the old version number, but in the properties window I saw the new one...

Thanks!

Answer 1

Easier option to refresh / reload references & types DLL (for example COM interop types) without re-adding all DLLs one-by-one is to reload all projects that reference it like this: