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August 05, 2008 - 10 Comments  

Extract assembly from Global Assembly Cache (GAC) with network drive mapping

If you want to extract an assembly (.dll) from the Global Assembly Cache you can use the following method which doesn't require a third party tool:

Open the Explorer and go to "Tools" in order to map a network drive.

Map the Global Assembly Cache as a network drive to extract an assembly. 

There you can enter the server name and the folder: \\SERVERNAME\FOLDER.

In my case it is: \\moss2007\c$\windows\assembly.

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You don't need to share the folder if you are an administrator.

After the mapping you can browse the GAC and extract an assembly.



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Comments (10) -

2/25/2009 10:33:59 PM #

Thank you very much, really easy method!

Israel M. Mexico Reply

6/9/2009 2:41:08 PM #

saved my day. Very easy method. This helped me to solve an issue that I was battling with for hours.

Arun United Kingdom Reply

6/30/2010 8:51:33 PM #

Yeah I know that... things that should be easy are sometimes too complicated.

Andreas Glaser Switzerland Reply

6/29/2010 11:33:36 AM #

Its cool... thanks Smile

Yan India Reply

6/30/2010 8:49:30 PM #

Thanks Yan Smile

Andreas Glaser Switzerland Reply

3/23/2011 8:22:27 AM #

Its very easy method to see dlls in GAC.. Thanks  ..

Vishnu India Reply

3/25/2011 8:10:02 AM #

Hey your welcome... Smile

Andreas Glaser Switzerland Reply

3/25/2011 7:23:26 AM #

That's really simple and thanks for such great tip!

Andy Dang Australia Reply

3/25/2011 8:10:17 AM #

Thank you Smile

Andreas Glaser Switzerland Reply

1/13/2012 11:29:50 AM #

Mapping network drive works
but accessing remote gac through network share "directly" willl show...
local GAC!!

in your case start -> run
\\moss2007\c$\windows\assembly

this is f.king confusing! BUG?

wlos Poland Reply

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