InstallerClass Custom Actions and the GAC

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Helen B - 24 May 2004 16:32 GMT

Hi

I don't want to deploy my winforms app to the GAC, I like to keep everything
in the application folder for now.

A month ago I added an InstallerClass and Custom Actions in my Setup project
that call the Install and Commit methods.

I've just noticed that all my assemblies (dozens of copies of them) have
been placed in the GAC during the last month of testing the app on my
machine.

It seems to me that if a setup project uses Custom Actions, assemblies are
automatically put in the GAC. Is this correct? Why?

How can I prevent it happening please? (or should I not worry about it?)

Thanks

H

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Hong Daimz[MSFT] - 24 May 2004 17:42 GMT

Hi Helen,

It is not true that if a setup project uses Custom Actions, assembiles are
automatically put in the GAC. It depends on what the Custom actions do.
Newsgroup: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls should be able to
answer your question regarding to setup/deployment project in details.

Thanks,
Hong

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Helen B - 24 May 2004 18:24 GMT

Thanks I'll give that a go.

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