How to locate fuslogvw.exe on my machine?

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I'm looking for the assembly binding log viewer executable (fuslogvw.exe), but I can't seem to find it on my machine. It's there for sure because when I type fuslogvw in a Visual Studio command prompt the application opens.

The machine I'm working on has a clean Visual Studio 2008 installation, no previous versions were ever installed.

Does anyone know where to find it? I need the exe to be able to copy it to a server to solve a binding issue.

that's exactly where Everything(http://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.2.1.371.exe) comes in super-handy :) — MrClan, Jan 22 '14 at 07:52
or the built-in command `where` (`>where cmd` -> `C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe`), although that only works if it's already discoverable in your path — RJFalconer, Feb 25 '20 at 14:07

score 119 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 25 '14 at 18:09

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On my box, also with VS2008, it can be found at

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\fuslogvw.exe

In Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, it's located under the directories that are here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows{version}\bin{.NET Version Tools}

So for Windows 8.1 and .NET 4.5.1:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1a\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\

edited Apr 25 '14 at 18:09

George Stocker

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answered Nov 04 '09 at 14:57

Rob Levine

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On Windows 7 Pack 1 found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools – Developer Marius Žilėnas Apr 19 '16 at 07:35
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Windows 10 with .Net 4.7.1: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.1 Tools – Demian Berisford-Maynard Jun 13 '18 at 11:54

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 25 '15 at 07:13

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My Computer has it in a different place under Tools for Visual Studio 2010

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\x64\

Open the folder and run FUSLOGVW.exe as administrator then you can enable the log in settings.

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answered May 30 '13 at 21:29

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+1 specially for 'run FUSLOGVW.exe as administrator'. – Vikram Jul 22 '14 at 21:43

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 03 '15 at 18:10

Use the Visual Studio / development tools command prompt.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e74a18c4(v=vs.110).aspx

This tool is automatically installed with Visual Studio. To run the tool, use the Developer Command Prompt (or the Visual Studio Command Prompt in Windows 7) with administrator credentials. For more information, see Visual Studio Command Prompt.

At the command prompt, type the following:

fuslogvw

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 04 '09 at 14:58

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On my machine it's in the SDK's bin directory.

To help you out, here's a quick-n-dirty batch file nightmare that will search the path for a file you give it:

@if EXIST %1 echo .\%1
@for %%e in (%PATHEXT%) do @for %%i in (%1%%e) do @if EXIST %%i echo .\%%i
@if NOT "%~$PATH:1"=="" echo %~$PATH:1
@for %%e in (%PATHEXT%) do @for %%i in (%1%%e) do @if NOT "%%~$PATH:i"=="" echo %%~$PATH:i

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+1 for reminding me while windows batch scripts make my eyes bleed :) – Richard Szalay Nov 04 '09 at 15:01
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To help find it from a command prompt one can do cd\ dir /s fuslogvw.exe – David Silva Smith Feb 15 '11 at 05:03
What about this? `for %i in (cmd.exe) do @echo. %~$PATH:i` From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/304319/is-there-an-equivalent-of-which-on-windows – Matt Lyons Jan 10 '12 at 00:52

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 07 '19 at 10:53

Might be late to the party but maybe some of you might be interested in a modern alternative to FUSLOGVW.exe I put on GitHub: Fusion++

It's super easy to use: Just click "Record" to capture assembly logs. If you are done, click "Stop" again and Fusion++ will parse all the log files for you.

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 17 '18 at 21:57

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Windows 10:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX [INSERT VERSION HERE] Tools

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 04 '09 at 15:02

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C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin

answered Nov 04 '09 at 15:02

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 31 '19 at 19:57

You can run this tool via Visual Studio Command Prompt (Make sure to run the command prompt as Administrator):

Note: It's also a quick way to use Registry Editor to enable assembly binding: How to enable Assembly Binding Logging (Fusion Log Viewer – fuslogvw.exe)?

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