Performing gacutil operations programmatically in C#?

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How can I perform the operations done by gacutil, like installing assemblies or listing the contents of the GAC, programatically in C#? Or to put it another way, is gacutil layered on top of a public API that I can access from C#?

I'm currently running under .Net Framework 4.0 and using Visual Studio 2010, but I'll be upgrading to VS 2012 and .Net 4.5 in the near future. I don't like using command-line programs when I have a GUI alternative because I'm a fumble-fingered typist so I thought I'd write my own GUI-based utility for some things that gacutil does. I know there are some on the web but they're old or only spottily-maintained so I'd rather write my own.

You'll find C# source code in [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2611435/17034). — Hans Passant, Nov 14 '13 at 17:31

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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You can easily add dll to GAC using Publish class. Add reference to System.EnterpriseServices

System.EnterpriseServices.Internal.Publish publish = new System.EnterpriseServices.Internal.Publish();
publish.GacInstall("dll path");

enumerating assemblies in GAC

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:58

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Performing gacutil operations programmatically in C#?

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