Where actually is GAC files located?

Question

There is something i don't understand about the GACfiles location ...

When i install some assembly in the GAC - where will be actually the assembly location ?

Possible duplicate of : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/377551/physicalinstalled-path-of-dll-installed-to-the-gac — default locale, May 29 '12 at 06:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '12 at 06:59

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It's %WINDIR%\Assembly

P.S. The best way to look at this folder is with Windows Explorer, because custom file managers may show unneeded technical folders etc.

answered May 29 '12 at 06:59

Alex from Jitbit

this path is where can i see all the assembly version - but actually where is the files physical located ? ? – Yanshof May 29 '12 at 07:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '12 at 06:57

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The assembly cache is usually stored in %windir%\assembly.

answered May 29 '12 at 06:57

Marek Dzikiewicz

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 29 '12 at 07:37

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They are in

%windir%\Assembly

which is displayed via a shell extension in explorer.

If you want to see the underlying physical files map a drive to the location eg.

\%compname%\c$\Windows\assembly

and you'll get the full view.

answered May 29 '12 at 07:37

PaulB

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