I have an installer that installs file directly to the GAC. It appears to be working but a developer is questioning why the files are not in the applicaiton's BIN folder as well. Before I reply I want to make sure I understand how this works.
If installed to the GAC should a file only exist in the GAC? Should I install the file to both the BIN folder and the GAC?
If you only added a file to your project in the GAC, it will only be installed to the GAC folder. To install to another folder, you can add the file to the other folder in your project and leave the existing file in the GAC folder.
One thing to note, from my understanding, is the .NET framework will only load one copy of the assembly (see How the Runtime Locates Assemblies).
