I have been looking into making a common GAC for my
developers to use. This has come up since in our app we
are needing to share many common components among many
apps. I have found some info as far as modifying a REG Key
to point to a network drive for the GAC :
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion CacheLocation REG_SZ
@:\...\...Supposedly .NET will create a
subfolder "Assembly" in this location. Next I was to xcopy
the contents of the C:\Windows\Assembly folder(all the
GAC .dll's). I did all these steps and restarted the
machine and when it came up none of the .dll's were
visible in either folder location so it seems that some
settings need to be tweaked "Shell Namespace Extension"
viewer would be able to list the contents. I couldn't find
what and where though. Any ideas?

Can I ask where you found the procedure for this? It is my understanding
that you can't simply copy and paste the GAC like that. You need to run
GACUtil to register the assembly with the GAC, I think that is your problem,
though I would like to see the procedures that you listed in thier original
form.

-Evan

"Kevin G. Merrill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been looking into making a common GAC for my
> developers to use. This has come up since in our app we
> are needing to share many common components among many
> apps. I have found some info as far as modifying a REG Key
> to point to a network drive for the GAC :
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion CacheLocation REG_SZ
> @:\...\...Supposedly .NET will create a
> subfolder "Assembly" in this location. Next I was to xcopy
> the contents of the C:\Windows\Assembly folder(all the
> GAC .dll's). I did all these steps and restarted the
> machine and when it came up none of the .dll's were
> visible in either folder location so it seems that some
> settings need to be tweaked "Shell Namespace Extension"
> viewer would be able to list the contents. I couldn't find
> what and where though. Any ideas?
>