Use PowerShell to view contents of the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)

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GuyBehindtheGuy picture GuyBehindtheGuy · May 19, 2009 · Viewed 28.5k times · Source

Is there a way to use PowerShell to view the contents of the GAC?

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Keith Hill picture Keith Hill · May 19, 2009

Another option is that the PowerShell Community Extensions installs a GAC provider, so you can do this:

dir gac:

If you are on PowerShell V2, be sure to grab the 1.2 Beta.

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