What is private assembly

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Hi What is private assembly? What is shared assembly? What is difference between these. Thanks.

Dhaval Patel · Answer

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Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi james A private assembly is normally used by a single application and is stored in the application's directory or a sub-directory beneath. A shared assembly is normally stored in the global assembly cache which is a repository of assemblies maintained by the .NET runtime. Shared assemblies are usually libraries of code which many applications will find useful e.g. the .NET framework classes. Thanks

Vulpes · Answer

A private assembly is intended for use by a single application can have any name you please and is normally installed in the application's folder. This enables the whole application to be deployed to different machines just by copying the files. A shared assembly is intended for use by multiple applications and needs to have a unique (or strong) name as well as versioning control. Shared assemblies are normally installed in a special area of the file system known as the Global Assembly Cache (or GAC) which is managed by the CLR.