Comments on: Adding Assemblies to the Visual Studio "Add Reference" Dialog

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:54:32 +0000

i have done all the things like creating key,editing
but not showing in "Add Reference" Dialog”

By: Shreyas

Shreyas — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:01:43 +0000

yes sir it works thank u very much.

By: Muse VSExtensions

Muse VSExtensions — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:27:00 +0000

Hi,

I've created a tool which is completely free, that will help you to achieve your goal. Muse VSReferences will allow you to add a Global Assembly Cache reference to the project from Add GAC Reference menu item.

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Muse VSExtensions

By: Erich Eichinger

Erich Eichinger — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:15:21 +0000

on Vista and Windows 2008 x64 you need to add your folder to [
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders]
resp.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders]

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By: Timm

Timm — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:53:57 +0000

Yes, you are correct. The list of assemblies in the GAC is different from the list of assemblies in Visual Studio.

See this post for why you would use the GAC:
http://www.devtopics.com/net-assembly-faq-part-4-global-assembly-cache/

By: Sunil Waghmare

Sunil Waghmare — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:04:53 +0000

Hello Timm,

I tried with your solution, and it works. It shows My ClassLib project dll in .NET API list for Add Reference Dialog box. But that is showing my dll in list though I uninstalled my dll from GAC. Then was is meaning of registering it in the GAC. This leads me to conclude that .Net API contains list of APIs registered on OS and not with GAC. Then what is the use of registering it to the GAC. If you know can you please give some more Idea about GAC?

Thanks & Regards

Sunil Waghmare.