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title: "How does assembly versioning in .NET prevent DLL Hell?"  
description: "How does assembly versioning in .NET prevent DLL Hell?"  
author: "Varun Agrawal"  
published: 2011-03-18  
updated: 2020-09-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/483/how-does-assembly-versioning-in-dot-net-prevent-dll-hell  
category: "assembly"  
tags: ["assembly"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How does assembly versioning in .NET prevent DLL Hell?

.NET allows assemblies to specify the name AND the version of any assemblies they need to run.

## Answers

### Answer by Varun Agrawal

.NET allows assemblies to specify the name AND the version of any assemblies they need to run.

### Answer by Varun Agrawal

.NET allows assemblies to specify the name AND the version of any assemblies they need to run.


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