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The `!Download Cache`!, or downloaded files cache, is a component of `F33f`_`[Microsoft`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Microsoft]`_`f's `F33f`_`[.NET Framework`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=.NET_Framework]`_`f that is similar to the `F33f`_`[Global Assembly Cache`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Global_Assembly_Cache]`_`f except that it caches `F33f`_`[assemblies`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Assembly_(CLI)]`_`f that have been downloaded from the `F33f`_`[Internet`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Internet]`_`f.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] Q. Assemblies are downloaded from the Internet when a specific `F33f`_`[managed`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Managed_code]`_`f `F33f`_`[object`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Object_(computer_science)]`_`f is requested using the `B100`F9d9<object>`f`b `F33f`_`[tag`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=HTML_element]`_`f in a `F33f`_`[web page`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_page]`_`f. For example, the following `F33f`_`[HTML`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=HTML]`_`f will cause `F33f`_`[Internet Explorer`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Internet_Explorer]`_`f to download MyAssembly.dll to the Download Cache and will subsequently `F33f`_`[instantiate`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Object_lifetime]`_`f MyControl on the page that contains it.

`!`B100`F9d9<object id="myControlId" classid="http://MyServer/MyVirtualFolder/MyAssembly.dll#MyNamespace.MyControl">`f`b`!

`!`B100`F9d9 <param name="MyProperty" value="SomeStringValue" />`f`b`!

`!`B100`F9d9</object>`f`b`!

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Usage`#usage]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>Usage

Like the GAC, the Download Cache can be accessed with `!gacutil.exe`!.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

One can list the contents of the Download Cache using the command:

`B100`F9d9gacutil.exe /ldl`f`b

One can delete the contents of the Download Cache using the command:

`B100`F9d9gacutil.exe /cdl`f`b

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f Basic Instincts: Deploying Assemblies

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe)

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