Showing posts with label MethodInvocationException. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MethodInvocationException. Show all posts

Monday, December 1, 2014

Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information

I have been using the following Powershell to browse around some assemblies
$assembly = [Reflection.Assembly]::Load('myassembly')
$assembly.GetTypes()

Sometimes, I get the following exception:
Exception calling "GetTypes" with "0" argument(s): "Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information."
At line:1 char:19
+ $assembly.GetTypes <<<< ()
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException


To get at the actual error, I use the following:
$x = $Error[0]
$x.Exception.GetBaseException().LoaderExceptions

Then all I had to do was to load the assemblies that were listed and my initial Load() now works.