Methods to programmatically install a .NET assembly into the GAC

Question

I need to create a small app or script to install a .NET assembly into the GAC. I\'ve read there are a couple ways to do this including:

• using gacutil.e

Answer 1

We recently had to do this for 10s of servers in an enterprise environment. We used Wix to build a very simple MSI (seriously - 5 minutes work) and published to all server (and dev boxes) through Group Policy.