Most of the server environments lack the gacutil.exe as it is part of Visual Studio installation. In such scenarios the below PowerShell script does the job to install / uninstall DLLs from GAC.
The list of assemblies stored in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) can be found in the registry under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\Global key. The first line registers a new drive called HKCR in PowerShell that maps to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry.
Run the .NET command prompt (Start >> Programs >> Microsoft VS.NET >> VS.NET Tools >> VS.NET prompt)
Start the gacutil.exe tool with -i parameter (install) and the full path to the control's DLL. For example: gacutil.exe -i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Progress\Telerik UI for WinForms "Version"\bin40\TelerikCommon. dll"
There are two ways to remove an assembly from the global assembly cache (GAC): By using the Global Assembly Cache tool (Gacutil.exe). You can use this option to uninstall assemblies that you've placed in the GAC during development and testing. By using Windows Installer.
Alt-Tab to command prompt. Execute “del /f <filename>” where /f is an option specifying force delete and <filename> is the entire path to the file, including its name.
The Global Assembly Cache (GAC) is a machine wide repository for .Net Assemblies. PowerShell GAC provides several PowerShell commands to view and modify the GAC. PowerShell GAC works standalone and does not depend on tools like gacutils.exe.
Click Start > Run (or use the Windows command line: Search > CMD > Right click - Run as Administrator)
Type REGSVR32 /U "C:\Blackbaud\DLL\[filename.dll]" For example, to unregister SQLDMO.dll type, REGSVR32 /U "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\SQLDMO.dll" ...
The global assembly cache (GAC) stores assemblies that several applications share. Install an assembly into the global assembly cache with one of the following components:Windows Installer. Global Assembly Cache tool.
If you want to disable the Assembly Cache Viewer and see the GAC in all its naked glory within Windows Explorer, you can set HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion\DisableCacheViewer [DWORD] to 1.
The Gacutil.exe tool is located in the . NET Framework installation directory. The default location for this is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.
Click Start > Run (or use the Windows command line: Search > CMD > Right click - Run as Administrator)
Type REGSVR32 /U "C:\Blackbaud\DLL\[filename.dll]" For example, to unregister SQLDMO.dll type, REGSVR32 /U "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\SQLDMO.dll" ...
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