Changing an assembly identity without recompiling

I have a certain assembly a.dll with a certain identity (Name,
Version).

Is it possible to alter the identity of the assembly without
recompiling the actual assembly code?

No, name and version are used with Strong Naming, if name and version could
be changed without recompilation Strong Naming could be compromised. Signing
(strong naming) is done before an assembly is loadable (at time of
compilation or after, if delay signing).

what are you trying to accomplish? Maybe there's something else you can do.

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"Vitaly Belman" wrote:

I have a certain assembly a.dll with a certain identity (Name,
Version).

Is it possible to alter the identity of the assembly without
recompiling the actual assembly code?