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How to retrieve the module version identifier (MVID) of a .NET assembly using reflection in c#?

Nestor
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  • see if it helps - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2940857/determine-whether-net-assemblies-were-built-from-the-same-source – Kumar Mar 03 '11 at 15:44

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Should be:

var myAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); //or whatever
var mvid = myAssembly.ManifestModule.ModuleVersionID;

There can be other modules in an assembly, but the ManifestModule would be the one that "identifies" the assembly itself.

KeithS
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Here's a sample that doesn't use Reflection to load the assembly but instead uses System.Reflection.Metadata:

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(filePath))
{
    PEReader reader = new PEReader(stream);
    var metadataReader = reader.GetMetadataReader();
    var mvidHandle = metadataReader.GetModuleDefinition().Mvid;
    var mvid = metadataReader.GetGuid(mvidHandle);
}

And here's a sample of using Mono.Cecil:

var module = Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(filePath);
var mvid = module.Mvid;

And here's an example of a standalone code to read the MVID without any dependencies. It is a stripped-down version of Mono.Cecil in a single file: https://github.com/KirillOsenkov/MetadataTools/blob/master/src/PEFile/ImageReader.cs

Kirill Osenkov
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