How to extract an assembly from the GAC?

Question

There is a package I have to deal with which installs assemblies straight into the GAC (e.g. somewhere deep in %windows%/assembly).

How do I exorcise the actual as

Answer 1

just navigate to C:\Windows find the [assembly] folder right click and select add to archive

wait a little

vola you have an archive file containing all the assemblies in your GAC