How to move third party dlls from bin folder to another folder in ASP.NET Web Forms project?

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There are some third party dlls in Bin folder. I would like to move them to root/lib path. I think, it is not enough move the files to lib folder. How can i do this, safely? These are dlls;

Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll
Newtonsoft.Json.dll
NReco.PdfGenerator
System.Web.Optimization.dll
WebGrease.dll

Update: I followed these instructions and i got an error like; The type or namespace name 'Optimization' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web'

The error occurred on this line: using System.Web.Optimization;

I created a new lib folder on root directory, moved System.Web.Optimization.dll file to lib. Then, i edited my web.config as below;

    <runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="WebGrease" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.5.2.14234" newVersion="1.5.2.14234" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <probing privatePath="bin;lib"/>
</assemblyBinding>

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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You can check with the link below.

How to move all referenced DLLs into seperate folder in c#?

Hope this helps!

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Dec 08 '16 at 09:14

Anoop H.N

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

I found the answer on this question. So, if you want to move third party dlls to new folder, you can follow these steps;

<runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <probing privatePath="Bin;folder_path"/>
    </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

Create a new folder to move dlls
Update web.config like above

Add moved assemblies between system.web tags

<add assembly="System.Web.Optimization" />
<add assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" />

How to move third party dlls from bin folder to another folder in ASP.NET Web Forms project?

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