title: Why is my assembly not visible in "Add Reference > .Net" when installed to the GAC?
body: <p>Just have a quick question about the GAC<br>
  I created an assembly Awesome.DLL. Had it signed, then installed into the GAC:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>C:\MyApps\Awesome\Awesome\Awesome\bin\Release&gt;sn -k Awesome.snk
  Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Strong Name Utility  Version 4.0.30319.1 
  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  
  Key pair written to Awesome.snk
  
  C:\MyApps\Awesome\Awesome\Awesome\bin\Release&gt;gacutil /i Awesome.dll 
  Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility.  Version 4.0.30319.1 
  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  
  Assembly successfully added to the cache
  
  C:\MyApps\Awesome\Awesome\Awesome\bin\Release&gt;gacutil /l Awesome.dll 
  Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility.  Version 4.0.30319.1 
  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  
  The Global Assembly Cache contains the following assemblies:
  
  Number of items = 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>My problem:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Awesome.DLL is not found in <code>C:\Windows\Assembly</code> or any of the sub folders. It is found, though in <code>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\</code> I guess because of this, I am not able to see Awesome.DLL from Add Reference > .Net.</p>
  
  <p>Why does it not install to <code>C:\Windows\Assembly\</code>? How can i point to that location instead?</p>