Test Run deployment issue: The location of the file or directory <assembly path> is not trusted.

Question

I am getting this error when I try to run a unit test.  The assembly is a 1.1 assembly that is strong named.  What else do I need to do? 

Answer 1

For this you need to trust path the assembly is from.

This can be done through the .net configuration wizard -- Just add that specific path as full trust, and you should be fine.

Answer 2

Thanks for the reply - but I think it was another problem.  I checked the .NET configuration settings and by default the My_Computer_Zone covers the location of the assembly with the FullTrust permission set.  The problem appears to be that the referenced assembly had a security attribute set and when viewing the properties of the file I saw the following message: This file came from another computer and might be blocked...  I clicked the Unblock button, rebuilt and it worked.  Thanks for the help.

Answer 3

Is there a way to prevent Windows from re-blocking an assembly after you unblock and rebuild?

I unblocked the assembly, rechecked properties, then rebuilt.  After a rebuild, the assembly is once again blocked.

Answer 4

Ah, I figured out what I was doing wrong.

I was unblocking the copied assembly and not the source assembly.

Once I unblocked the assembly at the source location, the copied version into the bin directory was fine.

Answer 5

My system (XP/SP2) doesn't have an unblock button !!

Is there another way of unblocking this?

Neil

Answer 6

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