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Assembly Information dialog box

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The Assembly Information dialog box is used to specify the values of the .NET Framework global assembly attributes, which are stored in the AssemblyInfo file created automatically with your project. In Solution Explorer, the AssemblyInfo file is located in the My Project node for Visual Basic projects (click Show All files to view it). For C# projects, it's located under Properties. For more information, see Attributes (C#).

To access this dialog box, select a project node in Solution Explorer, and then, on the Project menu, select Properties. On the Application page, select the Assembly Information button.

Note

The information in this topic only applies to .NET Framework projects, not .NET Core or .NET 5 and later projects. For those projects, edit the AssemblyInfo file directly.

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Title
Specifies a title for the assembly manifest. Corresponds to AssemblyTitleAttribute.

Description
Specifies an optional description for the assembly manifest. Corresponds to AssemblyDescriptionAttribute.

Company
Specifies a company name for the assembly manifest. Corresponds to AssemblyCompanyAttribute.

You can set or change the default value for Company in the registry. Look for the RegisteredOrganization value under the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion or Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion key, depending on your version of Windows.

Product
Specifies a product name for the assembly manifest. Corresponds to AssemblyProductAttribute.

Copyright
Specifies a copyright notice for the assembly manifest. Corresponds to AssemblyCopyrightAttribute.

Trademark
Specifies a trademark for the assembly manifest. Corresponds to AssemblyTrademarkAttribute.

Assembly Version
Specifies the version of the assembly. Corresponds to AssemblyVersionAttribute.

File Version
Specifies a version number that instructs the compiler to use a specific version for the Win32 file version resource. Corresponds to AssemblyFileVersionAttribute.

GUID
A unique GUID that identifies the assembly. When you create a project, Visual Studio generates a GUID for the assembly. Corresponds to Guid.

Neutral Language
Specifies which culture the assembly supports. Corresponds to NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute. The default is (None).

Make assembly COM-Visible
Specifies whether types in the assembly will be available to COM. Corresponds to ComVisibleAttribute.

Note

For more information on setting these properties when generating a NuGet package in a .NET Framework class library, see Configure project properties for the package. And for more information about Licensing and Expressions as they relate to a NuGet package, see licenses.nuget.org.

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