How can I list all registered assemblies in GAC?

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pencilCake picture pencilCake · Sep 19, 2011 · Viewed 61.9k times · Source

How can I list all the assemblies that are in the GAC? Do I need a tool that makes it easy to view them?

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dexter picture dexter · Oct 1, 2013

You can use gacutil provided with Visual Studio for that. Simply open the Developer Command Prompt (available in Start Menu>App>Visual Studio) and run the following command:

gacutil -l >yourassemblies.txt

Gacutil is also available as a separate download if you don't have/want Visual Studio.

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