How to view the Folder and Files in GAC

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I want to view the folders and sub folders in GAC  Also want to know about adding and removing from GAC   To install we write this lines in command prompt by opening  Visual Studio command prompt -  gacutil  i  assembly path   But to uninstall we need only -  gacutil  u  assembly name   Why

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To view the files just browse them from the command prompt (cmd), eg.:

c:\>cd \Windows\assembly\GAC_32
c:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32> dir

To add and remove files from the GAC use the tool gacutil

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Install   gacutil -i  path to the assembly    View   Open in Windows Explorer folder        NET 1 0 - NET 3 5  c  windows assembly   systemroot  assembly   NET 4 x   windir  Microsoft NET assembly   OR gacutil    l  When you are going to install an assembly you have to specify where gacutil can find it  so you have to provide a full path as well  But when an assembly already is in GAC - gacutil know a folder path so it just need an assembly name   MSDN    How to  Install an Assembly into the Global Assembly Cache How to  View the Contents of the Global Assembly Cache

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Launch the program  Run   Windows Vista 7 8  type it in the start menu search bar  and type   C  windows assembly GAC MSIL  Then move to the parent folder  Windows Vista 7 8  by clicking on it in the explorer bar  to see all the GAC files in a normal explorer window  You can now copy  add and remove files as everywhere else

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I m a day late and a dollar short on this one  If you want to view the folder structure of the GAC in Windows Explorer  you can do this by using the registry    Launch regedit   Navigate to HKLM Software Microsoft Fusion  Add a DWORD called DisableCacheViewer and set the value to 1    For a temporary view  you can substitute a drive for the folder path  which strips away the special directory properties    Launch a Command Prompt at your account s privilege level    If you elevate your privileges  you might not see the drive in Windows 7   Type SUBST Z  C  Windows assembly   Z can be any free drive letter   Open My Computer and look in the new substitute directory  To remove the virtual drive from Command Prompt  type SUBST Z   D   As for why you d want to do something like this  I ve used this trick to compare GAC d DLLs between different machines to make sure they re truly the same

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You install as assemblies by using    A setup program  that you author for your application  Using the gacutil exe tool with the -i option from the command line  Dropping the assembly in  windir  Assembly  only up to  NET 3 5  CLR 2 0    You view the content of the GAC using    The gacutil exe tool with the -l option  For  NET 2 0  3 0 and 3 5  CLR 2 0  browsing to  windir  assembly using the Windows Explorer    Note that the  physical  GAC location has changed for  NET 4 0  It is no longer in  windir  Assembly  but now in  windir  Microsoft NET assembly  However  you should never write any code that depends on the physical location anyway  because given the tools available that is hardly necessary  some  cool  homegrown system diagnostics tools aside

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