Why I cannot access the C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC Folder?

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q0987 picture q0987 · May 31, 2011 · Viewed 24.5k times · Source

I find the path of Microsoft.Office>interop.Excel under the Solution/References is

C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel\11.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll

However, such a file doesn't exist on my C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC at all. Further, there is not GAC folder under C:\WINDOWS\assembly.

Any idea?

Answer

Darryl Braaten picture Darryl Braaten · May 31, 2011

Use the command prompt to navigate there. Windows Explorer has an extension that runs for the assembly folder, hiding some of the details.

Here is a post on how to turn it off. http://geekswithblogs.net/pavelka/archive/2006/05/05/WindowsExplorerAndTheGlobalAssemblyCache.aspx or http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2003/02/25/3006.aspx

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