Portable GAC Manager [Win/Mac]

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Portable GAC Manager is a lightweight utility that provides a quick way to access the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), a type of store available on all machines that has the role of holding assemblies that need to be shared by several apps. Using GAC to share assemblies between apps comes with a few advantages, including deploying bug fixes, an increased CLR performance when the assembly is the first place to be queries and a strong name signature verification. On the other hand, GAC makes it harder to install and uninstall assemblies.
Users who had the curiosity to search for it via Explorer, may have stumbled across something that looks like a regular directory tree, but in reality it is not. When accessed from DOS for instance, GAC contains a lot more directories and subdirectories for each single assembly file. The reason for this is that it was not designed to be accessed or viewed like this, but rather with the Fusion shell.
Here comes the manager tool that enables users to view all contents of GAC along with various details that would make them easier to identify. Within the basic interface, users can easily search for assemblies based on names, versions, public key tokens or processor architecture, just to name a few.
Portable GAC Manager Features:
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– Accessible from DOS window, Windows Explorer or command line
– Command-line or drag & drop support
– Search by name, version, public key token or processor architecture
– Simple and fast user interface
– Supports all assembly types (executable, DLL, CAB, etc)
– GAC dump window
– GAC delete
– GAC lock
– GAC enumerate
– GAC uninstall
– Display of the symbol table and public key tokens from each assemblies
– All assemblies installed within GAC are listed
– Supports user defined keyfiles
– Intuitive WYSIWYG interface
– Supports Drag & Drop to auto load assemblies
– Supports Drag & Drop to unload assemblies
– Supports Drag & Drop to uninstall assemblies
– Supports Drag & Drop to rename assemblies
– Supports Drag & Drop to move assemblies to new location
– Supports Drag & Drop to create shortcuts
– Supports Drag & Drop to create links
– Supports Drag & Drop to compress files
– Supports Drag & Drop to decompress files
– Supports Drag & Drop to synchronize files
– Supports Drag & Drop to share files
– Supports copy to and paste into the clipboard
– Supports Link to assemblies

Portable GAC Manager is a lightweight utility that provides a quick way to access the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), a type of store available on all machines that has the role of holding assemblies that need to be shared by several apps. Using GAC to share assemblies between apps comes with a few advantages, including deploying bug fixes, an increased CLR performance when the assembly is the first place to be queries and a strong name signature verification. On the other hand, GAC makes it harder to install and uninstall assemblies.

Users who had the curiosity to search for it via Explorer, may have stumbled across something that looks like a regular directory tree, but in reality it is not. When accessed from DOS for instance, GAC contains a lot more directories and subdirectories for each single assembly file. The reason for this is that it was not designed to be accessed or viewed like this, but rather with the Fusion shell.

Here comes the manager tool that enables users to view all contents of GAC along with various details that would make them easier to identify. Within the basic interface, users can easily search for assemblies based on names, versions, public key tokens or processor architecture, just to name a few.

Portable GAC Manager is a lightweight utility that provides a quick way to access the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), a type of store available on all machines that has the role of holding assemblies that need to be shared by several apps. Using GAC to share assemblies between apps comes with a few advantages, including deploying bug fixes, an increased CLR performance when the assembly is the first place to be queries and a strong name signature verification. On the other hand, GAC makes it harder to install and uninstall assemblies.

Users who had the curiosity to search for it via Explorer, may have stumbled across something that looks like a regular directory tree, but in reality it is not. When accessed from DOS for instance, GAC contains a lot more directories and subdirectories for each single assembly file. The reason for this is that it was not designed to be accessed or viewed like this, but rather with the Fusion shell.

Here comes the manager tool that enables users to view all contents of GAC along with various details that would make them easier to identify. Within the basic interface, users can easily search for assemblies based on names, versions, public key tokens or processor architecture, just to name a few.

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To begin with, Portable GAC Manager is a light yet powerful tool that enables users to examine assemblies installed in the GAC. Although its main purpose is to make an easier way for locating the assemblies, it supports many more operations and features, allowing users to manipulate assemblies easily.
Key Features:
• Manages assemblies installed in the GAC, which for every assembly contains a significant amount of additional information that can be viewed and examined.
• Supports Windows XP/Vista/7/8
• Supports multiple threads to support running simultaneously
• Supports WinRM and FTP if working remotely
• Supports writing to disk
• Supports importing assemblies from a local path/file
• Allows users to view and edit assembly properties
• Includes an easy to use find dialog
• Has a configurable and friendly user interface
• Includes key themes to help users get accustomed to its look and feel
• Supports non-GUI OS versions (Thanks to others by the comment section)
• Supports the wide variety of Windows OS including Windows 8.1/8/7/XP
• Supports SHA1, SHA256 and MD5 checksum
• Supports SHA1 and MD5 hashes
• Supports Public Key Token
• Supports Version number
• Supports Architecture
• Supports Full Name
• Supports Comments
• Supports Size
• Supports Status
• Supports Search Keyword
• Supports File Access
• Supports Imports/Exports
• Supports File Type
• Supports Parameters
• Supports Source Code
• Supports Supported Platforms
• Supports Implementation Details
• Supports Known Issues
Basic use of Portable GAC Manager is as simple as uploading an assembly to GAC. Users may drop any assembly that they wish and then perform a search to find which assemblies are GACs and which ones are not.
Being a Windows based program, Portable GAC Manager is easy to use and can be run from any folder on the system. Each time the users perform a search they may create filters that will hide some information and show only the results that the user is interested in. This is great because it is not always that users may have access to all GAC directories and sub directories.
Unlike most search engines, which have not included any real details about the searched assemblies, Portable GAC Manager does so in a way that is very easy to understand. It lists the name of the assembly, the Version number, the Hash value, Architecture, Comment, Status, Known Issues, and so on.
The whole software is portable

Portable GAC Manager was designed to act as a directory browser of sorts for GAC. When used in conjunction with the fusion GAC Explorer shell (Patching.com, Inc. – PGI), it enables a fast and easy access to GAC files. In this way, typical file browsing functionality is improved while searching for assemblies becomes easier.
In addition to that, Portable GAC Manager allows the user to navigate over assemblies using search based on any of the offered filters. Being able to simply click on a single file and have it open is definitely a great feature, which becomes even more useful when the user is searching for multiple assemblies.
One other nice aspect is that there are two folder views, one for the files and one for the directories. The latter allows the user to quickly identify folders without first having to manually check what their content is. For instance, it can give the user an idea of the content of a certain folder without having to browse through it.
Besides that, users can run Portable GAC Manager without installing it as a Windows service. Of course, it is always advised to run as a service when it comes to stability issues. In the installation process, Portable GAC Manager will prompt the user to install several Windows services, such as, a printer spooler, Windows Event Logging Service and a Windows Error Reporting service.
Portable GAC Manager Pros:
Portable GAC Manager has a number of useful features, including being able to view the content of a certain assembly without having to execute it.
GAC manager was designed to be compatible with the fusion GAC Explorer shell which is available at
Portable GAC Manager allows the user to quickly browse through folders and as a result, it is very easy to identify folders with multiple assemblies. It also allows the user to easily navigate through all its contents without the need to open them one by one, which is not always easy to do.
Several log files are produced when Portable GAC Manager launches, so the user can review them right after.
Portable GAC Manager Cons:
The installation process might need the help of a Windows system administrator to be properly installed.
It is not possible to log in as a domain user. As a workaround, the user might have to explicitly define the domain and user accounts on the computer that is going to be installed.
No built in support for Microsoft Office documents.
Multilingual support is not available yet.

Minimum Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-bit or higher
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom™ II X3
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: 1024×768 DirectX® compatible video card with Shader Model 3.0 support or higher
Hard Disk: 60 GB free space
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card
Network: Broadband Internet connection (128 kbit/s or higher)
Sound Card: Microsoft® DirectX® 7.0