What is gacutil.exe? Where do we store assemblies, Should sn.exe be used before

What is gacutil.exe? Where do we store assemblies, Should
sn.exe be used before gacutil.exe?

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What is gacutil.exe? Where do we store assemblies, Should sn.exe be used before gacutil.exe?..

Answer / selvavelan.s

It is one of utility of .net. It is used to register a
assemly in global cache. Normally we store this assembly in
"C:\WINDOWS\assembly"

Befor we register the assembly we should give strong name
using sn.exe utility

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What is gacutil.exe? Where do we store assemblies, Should sn.exe be used before gacutil.exe?..

Answer / srikanth

gacutil.exe is the tool provided by the .net framework
which helps to register an assembly that is meant for
sharing i.e., public usage. Before registering an assembly
as public or shared assembly you must generate a strong
name for that assembly using the sn.exe tool.

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