Referencing DLL from GAC in Visual Studio

Question

So I\'ve looked around to try to find some posts on this and there are many but none that address my specific question (that I could find).

I am trying to add some

Answer 1

Those assemblies are assemblies of the .NET Framework 3.5. The assembly cache is located at

%SystemRoot%\assembly

You may distribute the .NET Framework 3.5 (scroll the the end of the page) together with your project. Aso if you are using VS Setup projects you can simply use the properties page to reference it.

To reference those assemblies you can easily right-click "References" > "Add Reference" and choose the assembly from the .NET tab. For referencing GAC assemblies refer to this question.