I got it working by copying gacutil.exe, gacutil.exe.config and gacutlrc.dll. I understand it’s against the licence, but you can’t get InstallShield in VisualStudio Express so this was the simplest solution.
The gacutil.exe should install the .dll to the right location depending on how it was compiled. You should be able to find the file here : %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\ .NET 4 has it’s own Assembly folder (c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly) which has a \GAC_32 and \GAC_64 directories within… This is where you will find your files once … Read more
That’s because you use the .NET 4.0 version of gacutil.exe. It stores the assembly in a different GAC, the one in c:\windows\microsoft.net\assembly. Where all .NET 4.0 assemblies are stored. There is no shell extension handler for that one, the folders are visible as-is. You can have a look-see with Windows Explorer, .you’ll see the internal … Read more
If you’ve got VS2010 installed, you ought to find a .NET 4.0 gacutil at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools The 7.0A Windows SDK should have been installed alongside VS2010 – 6.0A will have been installed with VS2008, and hence won’t have .NET 4.0 support.
gacutil comes with Visual Studio, not with VSTS. It is part of Windows SDK and can be download separately at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F26B1AA4-741A-433A-9BE5-FA919850BDBF&displaylang=en . This installation will have gacutil.exe included. But first check it here C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin you might have it installed. As @devi mentioned If you decide to grab gacutil files from existing installation, note … Read more