Top Reasons for Installing (or Not) Assemblies to the GAC
As a rule, installing assemblies to the GAC is something that should be restricted only to particular scenarios. Situations when you want to take advantage of the GAC can be summarized as follows:
Multiple applications referencing the same assemblies—In this case, it can be convenient to have a single copy of assemblies in the GAC instead of providing several copies in the application folder.
Versioning—The GAC can maintain different versions of the same assembly. This problem is solved ...
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