Simpler way using Power Shell

Using the ‘External Tools’ option within visual studio you can create a quick link, so from your solution just click the ‘Get 4-Part Name’ link and out pops the 4-part assembly name in you’re output window.

Resulting output window…

How to add a new External Tool

Select ‘External Tools…’ from the Tools menu in Visual Studio

TITLE : Give the tool a title. You can use an ‘&’ character which will act as a short cut i.e. ALT+G.

COMMAND : powershell.exe

Arguments: -command "[System.Reflection.AssemblyName]::GetAssemblyName(\"$(TargetPath)\").FullName"

3. Make sure you check ‘use output window’ to post the result in the VS output window.

Simple but a great time saver