Failure adding assembly to the cache Windows XP SP3

Question

i am trying to add an assembly to the GAC but the error indicates that "Failure adding assembly to the cache: Administrator permissions are needed to use the selected options. Use an administrator ommand prompt to complete these tasks."

I am using Windows XP SP3 and user account type is Administrator. Please refer to the image below.

TIA

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 11:04

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You are administrator on your machine but you don't run the visual studio command prompt (or cmd.exe) as an admin ...

answered Jun 12 '12 at 11:04

David Brabant

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I am running it as administrator by doing the right click, run as, both in cmd.exe or vs command prompt – xscape Jun 13 '12 at 01:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '12 at 01:56

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I was able to solve my problem by additional commands via command prompt

C:\WINDOWS\system32>runas /user:computerName\administrator cmd

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answered Jun 13 '12 at 01:56

xscape

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Failure adding assembly to the cache Windows XP SP3

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