enumerating assemblies in GAC

Question

How can I enumerate all available assemblies in GAC in C#?

Actually I am facing an issue with a stupid code - the assembly called Telerik.Web.UI.dll is referred and

Answer 1

Figure i might as well throw in my linq based solution (handy if your just looking for a single file and don't want to enumerate through every file)

function to find the files:

    public static IEnumerable FindFiles (string path, string filter = "", int depth = int.MaxValue) {
        DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(path);

        IEnumerable results = (! string.IsNullOrEmpty(filter) ? di.GetFiles(filter) : di.GetFiles()).Select(f => f.FullName);
        if (depth > 0) {
            results = results.Concat(di.GetDirectories().SelectMany(d => FindFiles(d.FullName, filter, depth - 1)));
        }

        return results;
    }

And to call (i didn't have Environment.SpecialFolder.Windows so used Environment.SpecialFolder.System instead)

string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System) + "\\..\\assembly";
foreach (string s in FindFiles(path, "*.dll")) {
     Console.WriteLine(s);
}

Further, as a FYI this method enumerates the entire GAC and you may find duplicate DLLs in tmp/ and temp/, Tmp is used for installation, and Temp is used for uninstallation.