Quickest way to copy files from GAC

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Yes, I know how painful it is to realize that you can not copy an assembly out from Global Assembly Cache (GAC), at least not by usual way of copying a file from a windows folder. Don’t worry, there are some ways to do it and the quickest way to browse the GAC and copy files from it is to just map a drive on Windows\Assembly folder.

Here you go, 

  1. From Start-Run type cmd to launch command prompt
  2. Type subst Z: C:\windows\Assembly and press Enter
  3. Thats it!

Now, you got a drive Z which is mapped to your GAC folder and you can easily open it in Windows Explorer and copy files from it.

Isn’t it easy?

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  1. Hi,
    When trying this in Windows Server 2008 R2, the copy command runs through fine, but no files are copied over to the GAC

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