GAC_MSIL and Shell Extensions

Question

I've trying to develop while also creating a COM .DLL for my shell icon overlay and context stuff, so i do some search on the tool to make this happens, then i found SharpShell, the shell extension helper tool.

I've been using sharpshell to create an example .DLL, once its generated, i used their "Server Manager" to automatically helps register my .DLL to the registry and the server is loaded properly.

On the Registry, I've seen them registered properly, but i don't see any change in my UI. So i tried to download "Shell Ext Viewer - Shexview - 64 Bit. " After i opened my shell lists, i saw my Dll was registered there, but they are reading my .DLL files in C:\\Windows\\Assembly\\GAC_MSIL\\ folder. So i tried browsing them in in my Explorer, but i find out that i dont have GAC Assembly.

I further checked articles for help, i found out that they're .nEt extensions, and i also checked my .NET, all of the .NETs from 4.0 are installed properly, but i dont have GAC_MSIL in my assembly. What should i do in order to tell my Shell to open my dll file into a correct file? is there any a way from visual studio where can i register my Dll and server to a specified folder, instead of GAC_MSIL folder, because i am missing it?

Thank you, and i would really appreciate your help !

Answer 1

There are some limitations for OverlayIcons. You have only 15 slots for OverlayIcons. If you have Dropbox or Google Drive installed (or Subversion) > you have already lost, because no slots are available anymore.

But there some way to make bigger Priority for your ShellExtensions. Read here more https://github.com/dwmkerr/sharpshell/issues/93