Can't see deployed Biztalk Project Assemblies in GAC?

Question

I have a Biztalk project that has the following settings:

General > Redeploy > True
Local Machine > Install to Global Assembly Cache > True

All projects involved have an SNK file generated. However, I removed a reference and it hasn't been cleaned out of the GAC according to biztalk documentation. When I attempt to locate my installed assembly in c:\windows\assembly, I cannot find my BiztalkProject.DLL or the BiztalkLibraries.DLL project there. Is it possible this is a permissions issue, or am I dealing with a different issue?

Answer 1

You can also use gacutil.exe. Open the Developer Command Prompt, and type

gacutil /l | find "AssemblyName"

to check if it's in the GAC and

gacutil /u AssemblyName

to remove it. Note that AssemblyName can just be the first part of the Fully Qualified Name.

Answer 2

C:\Windows\Assembly is the CLR 2.0 GAC (.Net 2.0 through 3.5).

If you are using BizTalk Server 2010 or later, you will find the GAC'd Assemblies in the CLR 4.0 GAC at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL