Could not load file or assembly System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager even when in BeautyExcludes

[mightyPolo108]

Hi.
Iam having issues with assembly System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager on net6/Windows10.

I tried to use BeautyExcludes System.;Microsoft. but to no avail.

The error message is
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. Could not find or load a specific file. (0x80131621)

I can see the file is present in output folder, but somehow its not seen by the nbloader?

I tried sharedmode / excludes nothing worked.

Is there something special about this assembly?
How can I work around this?

My Config
<BeautySharedRuntimeMode>False</BeautySharedRuntimeMode> <!-- beauty into sub-directory, default is libs, quote with "" if contains space --> <BeautyLibsDir Condition="$(BeautySharedRuntimeMode) == 'True'">../libraries</BeautyLibsDir> <BeautyLibsDir Condition="$(BeautySharedRuntimeMode) != 'True'">./libraries</BeautyLibsDir> <!-- dlls that you don't want to be moved or can not be moved --> <BeautyExcludes>System.*.dll;Microsoft.*.dll</BeautyExcludes> <!-- dlls that end users never needed, so hide them --> <!-- <BeautyHiddens>hostfxr;hostpolicy;*.deps.json;*.runtimeconfig*.json</BeautyHiddens> --> <!-- set to True if you want to disable --> <DisableBeauty>False</DisableBeauty> <!-- set to False if you want to beauty on build --> <BeautyOnPublishOnly>False</BeautyOnPublishOnly> <!-- set to True if you want to allow 3rd debuggers(like dnSpy) debugs the app --> <BeautyEnableDebugging>False</BeautyEnableDebugging> <!-- the patch can reduce the file count --> <!-- set to False if you want to disable --> <!-- SCD Mode Feature Only --> <BeautyUsePatch>False</BeautyUsePatch> <!-- <BeautyAfterTasks></BeautyAfterTasks> --> <!-- valid values: Error|Detail|Info --> <BeautyLogLevel>Info</BeautyLogLevel> <!-- set to a repo mirror if you have troble in connecting github --> <!-- <BeautyGitCDN>https://gitee.com/liesauer/HostFXRPatcher</BeautyGitCDN> --> <!-- <BeautyGitTree>master</BeautyGitTree> -->

Thanks.

[liesauer]

your config is fine, this should be a bug. can you share a testcase?

[mightyPolo108]

I am building a small project in which I hope will be able to demonstrate the problem.
Apparently its connected with Winforms Settings.Designer files.
I will post more, later.

[liesauer]

actually the System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager location is fine no matter excludes or not. it looks like is the dependencies problem. if use AssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromAssemblyPath to load the assembly, it just failed.

still finding out what makes System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager behaves specially.

[liesauer]

dotnet/runtime#12430 (comment)

[liesauer]

https://www.cnblogs.com/zhurongbo/p/10423231.html

[mightyPolo108]

Thank you.
I failed to create a simple program that would demonstrate the problem.
You are right, that the problem is with ConfigurationManager and packages, that uses it as dependency.
For now, I was able to circumvent the problem by striping my project of these packages

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility

I will test behaviour on another project whitch heavily relies on DI and let you know.
Thanks.

[mightyPolo108]

I am closing this issue, because I was able to circumvent this issue and I did not came across in another project, which heavily relies on DI.
Thanks for links and support.

[liesauer]

fixed in v2.1.3.0-beta.1