assembly references

[Chuck Bowling]

Right now I'm trying to get a little deeper into C# and I'm exploring MSIL.

I previously installed VS 2002. Later I uninstalled and upgraded to VS 2003.
Now, in exploring my \Windows\assembly directory I notice that I have
several assembly references that are identical. Same Version, same public
key.

My question is how do these references impact system resources and is it
safe to delete duplicates?

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\) [C# MVP]]

Hi Chuck,
You know that the assemly name has four parts: name, version, culture and
public key are you sure they are completely the same?

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Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]
"Chuck Bowling" <ch**********@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote in message
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Right now I'm trying to get a little deeper into C# and I'm exploring MSIL.
I previously installed VS 2002. Later I uninstalled and upgraded to VS 2003. Now, in exploring my \Windows\assembly directory I notice that I have
several assembly references that are identical. Same Version, same public
key.

My question is how do these references impact system resources and is it
safe to delete duplicates?