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Asked: 2026-05-31T13:42:29+00:00

I need to deserialize a bunch of XML files in a .NET 4.0 project

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I need to deserialize a bunch of XML files in a .NET 4.0 project that’s just been upgraded from .NET 2.0. Because the Serialization functions have changed, deserialization now fails because a bunch of properties in a third party object library my classes are inheriting from are not marked with [XmlIgnore].

Question: Can I call the Deserialize() function from the 2.0 version of System.Xml.dll from a .NET 4.0 project using reflection?

I’ve tried:

Assembly.Load("System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089");

but this failed with FileNotFoundException (it DOES search the GAC, right?)

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  1. Editorial Team

    You cannot – AFAIK.

    When you set the target framework for your project, that is it. You get either System.Xml 2.0 or 4.0.

    Yet, I am confused on the difference between serialisation between 2.0 and 4.0. Surely [XmlIgnore] was there in 2.0?

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