GAC Assembly Missing in Add Reference dialog

Question

I have an Interop assembly lying in GAC; Windows Explorer clearly shows it listed in the C:\\WINDOWS\\assembly folder. Yet, when I try to add a reference to it in f

Answer 1

Alternatively, I edited the Project file and added the reference manually.

1. Install the assembly in GAC. gacutil /i "Foo.dll"
2. Find the strong name of the assembly. gacutil /l will give you the list from which you can pick.
3. In the consuming project file add the following line (from the previous step)
5. And it works. :)