How to: View the Contents of the Global Assembly Cache

Use the Global Assembly Cache tool (Gacutil.exe) to view the contents of the global assembly cache.

To view a list of the assemblies in the global assembly cache

  • At the command prompt, type the following command:

    gacutil –l

The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) also provides a Windows shell extension called the Assembly Cache Viewer (Shfusion.dll), which you can use to view the contents of global assembly cache.

See Also

Reference

Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe)

Assembly Cache Viewer (Shfusion.dll)

Other Resources

Working with Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache