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Getting assemblies to show in the .NET tab of Add Reference

When working with Visual Studio and adding a reference to a project you are presented a window with multiple tabs; .NET, Project, Recent, and Browse. What is needed to get an item listed under the .NET listing? We have items in the GAC which we thought would get them listed there, but they are not. We are looking for methods to be a...

How does Visual Studio find Unity/P&P or Office assemblies in its Add References Dialog?

I have read other posts on SO regarding VS's Add References dialog and how it populates assemblies. However, even after looking in Reference Assemblies folder and using the AssemblyFolders registry key for 32-bit and 64-bit, I am still unable to locate some assemblies, such as Unity/P&P and Office assemblies, when searching for them prog...

If Unity is not in the GAC, how does VS know to show it in Add References?

I'm trying to index the GAC and use the ResolveAssemblyReferences target. However, some assemblies (such as Unity application block) seem to be missing from the GAC and yet VS happily shows them in the Add Reference dialog. My question: how can this be? I always thought that only GAC-registered assemblies appear there. Am I missing somet...

Can't find Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll assembly file?

I'm trying to dynamically get a databases Table structure using only C# code as follows: using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common; using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo; public class LoadStuff { ... public void LoadDatabase(string vDatabaseName) { using (var vSqlConnection = new SqlConnection(DatabaseConnectio...