GAC

Question

can a GAC folder contain two files with same name?

Iftikar Hussain · Answer

Hi Yes you can have it. Refer below the screen shot you can see .Net Framework of same name with different version Regards Iftikar

Vulpes · Answer

Yes assemblies within the GAC can share the same name as long as they have different version information. This is sometimes called 'side by side' versioning.

Sanjeeb Lenka · Answer

Yes remember that GAC is a very special folder and while normally you would not be able to place two files with the same name into a Windows folder GAC differentiates by version number as well so it's possible for MyApp.dll and MyApp.dll to co-exist in GAC if the first one is version 1.0.0.0 and the second one is 1.1.0.0.