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Bob (VIP)
Hello,

Can anyone explain whether I can programmatically iterate through
Global Assembly Cache (GAC) and discover the assemblies that support
the certain interface? I know that I can discover the assemblies
that support the certain interface located in specified (let say
plug in) directory, but I can't find any way to iterate through
GAC. Please help. Thanks.
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Imran Koradia (VIP)
The GAC directory (%systemroot%\assembly for default installations) is a
standard directory like any other directory and you should be able to loop
through the directory, load the assemblies and retrieve type information of
all types within the assembly. Its only that a shell extension is installed
that allows for a more organized view of the GAC when viewed through windows
explorer. You can look at the directory structure and installed assemblies
through the command prompt.

If that does not work out, you can use gacutil utility to list all the
assemblies in GAC and then retrieve the type information from that.

About gacutil:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cptools/html/cpgrfglobalassemblycacheutilitygacutilexe.asp

how to retrieve all assemblies in GAC (its burried somewhere in the
article):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/03/AdvancedBasics/

hope that helps..
Imran.

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