Install Into Gac Without Gacutil Failure

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Typically what I used to do is drag and drop the files onto the GAC folder.
This works in Windows 2000 & 2003, however when I try to do this in Windows Server 2008 I get 'Access is denied'.

Global Assembly Cache To create a small Class Library project by using Visual Studio, to generate a strong name, and to install the.dll file of the project in the GAC, follow these steps: In Visual Studio, create a new Visual C# Class Library project, and name the project GACDemo. You must use a strong name.

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1. .Net Register dll in GAC without using gacutil. May 24, 2015 asvignesh 1 Comment. Usually we register the dll to the Global Assembly Cache a.k.a GAC using the Visual Studio developer console Gacutil or earlier to Windows server 2012 you can simply drag and drop to the Windows Assembly folder.
2. Global Assembly Cache To create a small Class Library project by using Visual Studio, to generate a strong name, and to install the.dll file of the project in the GAC, follow these steps: In Visual Studio, create a new Visual C# Class Library project, and name the project GACDemo. You must use a strong name.

The user that is doing this is a local administrator.

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Is there another way to achieve this?

Note:I tried running explorer as the administrator, but I get the same error.

Edit: Ideally whatever solution there is should not turn off UAC, or install any software development kit. (So it can be applied to production servers).

Edit: Does anyone have anymore thoughts on this? I've currently on gone with disabling UAC in dev, however this is unacceptable in live.

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This is a UAC issue in server 2008, some people have recommended stopping UAC, I would not recommend this on a production server. The answer is to use gacutil.

You do not need to install the SDK to run this on a production server, the exe and its config file can be deployed from a development machine (and removed after use if desired).

Place gacutil.exe and gacutil.exe.config into the WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFramework folder specific to the version of the framework you are using.

Then start a new instance of the command line using 'Run as administrator'

Navigate to the C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFramework.. folder where you have deployed gacutil

Then run:gacutil.exe /i

Hopefully this should resolve your issue (it has worked for me).

Good luck.

Go to visual studio or .NET command prompt and type the command:

explore gacutil command more. -IF means install forcefully, there are other options as well.

If there is no Visual Studio or .NET Framework SDK installed, then you will not have the .NET command prompt. In that case, I think you will have to turn off the UAC from Control Panel to drag-drop an Assembly into the Assembly folder.

The trick explained by Paulo Oliveira works but not in all circumstances. On Windows Server 2008 R2 I've already deployed the following tactic:

(ensure you're logged on with an account that has admin rights on the server)

• open Local Security Policy (Start button, type 'local'..)
• navigate to Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
• locate the policy called User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode

You'll probably find that this policy in enabled. Disable it, reboot the server and now you should be able to use the regular drag & drop method.

Do not forget to enable this setting again when you're done.

(ref: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mossbiz/archive/2010/06/10/add-an-assembly-to-the-global-assembly-cache-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx)

Install Assembly To Gac

Run a command prompt with 'Run as Administrator'. Execute command 'explorer C:windowsassembly'. This window accepts drop of DLL's from another explorer executed with 'Run as administrator privileges.

Hope it helps

If you change the Local Security Policy on the Win2008 server (or Win7), you can use the old drag/drop method:

I've never tried it in Windows Server 2008, but have you tried from Control Panel / Administrative tools / .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration ?

Install Into Gac Without Gacutil Failure

If its a 3.5 dll or older, drag drop into start / run / assembly. If its a 4.0 dll or newer, you should run gacutil and then look in windows / microsoft.net / assembly. For prod, just write a batch file and copy over the gacutil app for setup purposes. No need to install VS in prod.

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