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

Add one of the following registry keys, where is the directory to search, and MyAssemblies is the category of your assemblies. Note HKCU is for the current user and HKLM is for everyone on the same computer.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\\AssemblyFoldersEx\MyAssemblies]@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\\AssemblyFoldersEx\MyAssemblies]@=""