[wix-users] DLLs registered during installation

[Christopher Painter]

Also of note...  Strong Name signing !=  Authenticode Signing.


Two things I rarely do in installers  are install to the GAC and precompile (ngen)  assemblies.   Ironically I do have 1 DLL in the GAC for IsWiX.  An open source assembly called GlobalParams is used in the multi-project solution templates for Visual Studio.  Because  we can register with multiple visual studio instances  I just put in the GAC.  Otherwise it's pretty rare.     Once upon a time I'd say it's more likely if you are an SDK author but with Nuget even that is rare.  Private is typically the way to go.

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Agreed, don't add to the GAC if private deployment works for your
application.

That said, take a look at the Assembly attribute on the File element:

http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/file.html
File Element - WiX toolset<http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/file.html>
wixtoolset.org
File Element Description File specification for File table, must be child node of Component. Windows Installer references File Table




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Edwin G. Castro


On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Joel McBeth via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Do they need to be in the GAC if you install them in the application
> directory?
>
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> Subject: [wix-users] DLLs registered during installation
>
> If I include a DLL (from packages I get from NuGet or develop myself) in
> my product, add it to the installer and place it in the C:\Programs Files
> (x86)/MyProgram directory, do these DLLs get automatically registered in
> the GAC or is there something I need to do in WiX to initiate the
> registration?
>
> In case it matters, all of these DLLs I include in the installer are
> digitally signed using our company's digital signature.
>
> Brian
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