windows\assembly issue

Jeff Stiegler 466 Reputation points
Jun 17, 2022, 2:47 PM

When I user the file explorer to view the \windows\assembly folder I see this instead of the usual folders and files. How do I fix this? Restore from a backup? Using Windows 10 x64.

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Instead of this.

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  1. Michael Taylor 55,676 Reputation points
    Jun 17, 2022, 3:30 PM

    That's because Windows has a shell provider that wraps this very special folder in a custom UI (as it does for some other folders as well). This is how it is supposed to work. There is nothing wrong with your system.

    Why would you want to see the raw folder structure? You cannot add/edit/delete from this folder anyway nor would you ever directly reference it. If you try to do anything like that you are probably going to irrevocably corrupt your system and have to reinstall Windows.

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  2. SuperCoder 136 Reputation points
    Jun 17, 2022, 4:50 PM

    There was stuff in the GAC folders as shown in the image below. The CR installer puts folders and files in there including log4net.dll (v1.2.10.0). My Visual Studio VB.net app crashing now because it cannot find log4net.dll.

    It appears that CR is still a legacy application because it is trying to access the GAC. Why does does this computer have a shell provider wrapper when my other computer does not? Please answer.

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