Where is GACUTIL for net Framework 4 0 in windows 7

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i ve made an assembly in the  net framework that I intend to publish to the GAC but I can t find the gacutil utlity   I ve been googling a while and I ve found a lot of suggestions  but nothing works    Copy the assemby to  window  assemby  DOES NOT WORK  Copy the assemby to  window  Microsoft NET assembly  DOES NOT WORK  C  Program Files Microsoft SDKs Windows v6 0A Bin gacutil exe  i  assembly   returns an error  this assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded    Does anyone have idea to solve this

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If you ve got VS2010 installed  you ought to find a  NET 4 0 gacutil at   C  Program Files Microsoft SDKs Windows v7 0A bin NETFX 4 0 Tools   The 7 0A Windows SDK should have been installed alongside VS2010 - 6 0A will have been installed with VS2008  and hence won t have  NET 4 0 support

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There actually is now a GAC Utility for  NET 4 0  It is found in the Microsoft Windows 7 and  NET 4 0 SDK  the SDK supports multiple OSs -- not just Windows 7 -- so if you are using a later OS from Microsoft the odds are good that it s supported    This is the SDK  You can download the ISO or do a Web install  Kind-of overkill to download the entire thing if all you want is the GAC Util  however  it does work

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VS 2012 13 Win 7 64 bit gacutil exe is located in   C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v8 0A bin NETFX 4 0 Tools

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There is no Gacutil included in the  net 4 0 standard installation  They have moved the GAC too  from  Windir  assembly to  Windir  Microsoft NET Assembly   They havent  even bothered adding a  special view  for the folder in Windows explorer  as they have for the  net 1 0 2 0 GAC   Gacutil is part of the Windows SDK  so if you want to use it on your developement machine  just install the Windows SDK for your current platform  Then you will find it somewhere like this  depending on your SDK version     C  Program Files Microsoft SDKs Windows v7 0A bin NETFX 4 0 Tools   There is a discussion on the new GAC here   NET 4 0 has a new GAC  why   If you want to install something in GAC on a production machine  you need to do it the  proper  way  gacutil was never meant as a tool for installing stuff on production servers  only as a development tool   with a Windows Installer  or with other tools  You can e g  do it with PowerShell and the System EnterpriseServices dll   On a general note  and coming from several years of experience  I would personally strongly recommend against using GAC at all  Your application will always work if you deploy the DLL with each application in its bin folder as well  Yes  you will get multiple copies of the DLL on your server if you have e g  multiple web apps on one server  but it s definitely worth the flexibility of being able to upgrade one application without breaking the others  by introducing an incompatible version of the shared DLL in the GAC

[.net-4.0] Where is GACUTIL for .net Framework 4.0 in windows 7?

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