Thanks Alan for the inputs provided. It worked fine for me.

Govind.

In the C# Windows Service we develop, we need to refer a dll file from a different folder, for an API Method call of a method in the dll. This we want to accomplish by directly accessing the folder where the dll exists. Also, we do not want the dll to be copied into the folder where the Executable file of the Windows Service is available. Example, we have a windows service called IdMAccountService,with it's Executable file IdMAccountService.exe available in D:\MetraTech\RMP\BIN folder . In that service we are referencing a dll file D:\MetraTech\RMP\Extensions\Account\Bin\MetraTech.Account.ClientProxies.dll for an API Method Call. Is it possible for us to do it without copying the above dll to D:\MetraTech\RMP\BIN folder? For this, I tried setting the ‘Copy Local’ as False in the reference to the dll and tried creating the Shortcut of the DLL file in the D:\MetraTech\RMP\BIN folder. On both the cases, Service while executing gives the error as 'Error Could not load file or assembly 'MetraTech.Account.ClientProxies, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a0f5c26dbec45a75' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.'. I would like to know how I can make it work as expected? Please clarify.

Thanks & Regards, Govindarajan K.