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

"C:\WINDOWS\assembly" is a special folder which in Windows Explorer will list the assemblies (and the assembly info) within the various sub-folders.

For your case, you might need to point it to the physical path which is "C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL.....dll" within VS.NET.