ReSharper 2023.3 Help

Assembly Explorer window

Assembly Explorer allows opening multiple assemblies and keeping a list of open assemblies and folders. You can traverse and explore all open assemblies. Expanding an assembly node lists namespaces within the assembly, which can be further expanded to types and type members, as well as assembly references, resources, and metadata. You can double-click any type to decompile it or fetch source from a symbol server (depending on your settings).

In addition, the Assembly Explorer contains nodes representing base types and inheritors of the current type.

ReSharper's Assembly Explorer window

To filter items in the Assembly Explorer, just start typing when the window is in focus. Note that you can use CamelHumps here.

Toolbar controls

ThemedIcon.AssemblyAdd.Screen.(Gray).png Open

Opens an assembly from project file, library file, or a ZIP archive. For more information, refer to Open and close assemblies.

ThemedIcon.AddFolder.Screen.(Gray).png Explore Folder

Allows choosing a folder to be explored recursively and loading all assemblies found in this folder. For more information, refer to Find assemblies in folders.

Since ReSharper processes the selected folder recursively, make sure not to add a folder that may contain too many assemblies (for example Program Files). It might take long to load all assemblies in ReSharper.

ThemedIcon.AssemblyExplorerOpenFromGac.Screen.(Gray).png Open from GAC

Allows opening one or more assemblies from Global Assembly Cache (GAC). For more information, refer to Open assemblies from Global Assembly Cache.

ThemedIcon.AddFromNugetCache.Screen.(Gray).png Open from NuGet Packages Cache

Helps you find and open desired NuGet packages from the local NuGet package cache.

ThemedIcon.AddNugetPackage.Screen.(Gray).png Open from NuGet

Helps you find and open desired NuGet packages from the specified NuGet package sources (nuget.org or custom).

ThemedIcon.AddProcess.Screen.(Gray).png Open from Running Process

Opens the Process Explorer window to explore assemblies of the currently running processes.

ThemedIcon.WorkspaceLoad.Screen.(Gray).png Open Assembly List

Opens a list of assemblies saved with the Save Assembly List command. For more information, refer to Opening assembly list

ThemedIcon.WorkspaceSave.Screen.(Gray).png Save Assembly List

Saves the list of assemblies currently opened in Assembly Explorer. For more information, refer to Saving current assembly list

An assembly list is saved as links to local resources and therefore might not be opened correctly on other computers.

ThemedIcon.WorkspaceClear.Screen.(Gray).png Clear Assembly Explorer

Removes all assemblies from the Assembly Explorer.

ThemedIcon.ProjectGeneration.Screen.(Gray).png Export to Project

Exports the selected assembly to a Visual Studio project. For more information, refer to Export assembly to project.

ThemedIcon.SourcesFromSymbolFiles.Screen.(Gray).png Generate PDB

Generates symbol files (PDB and source files) for the selected assembly. For more information, refer to Generate PDB files.

Last modified: 21 March 2024