GAC an assembly without embedding it within the MSI?

That's not supported by the Windows Installer. It isn't immediately clear why you would want to take someone else's file and put into the GAC (if it was your file, why not put it in the GAC to begin with?). :).

Seems like an odd request, but the way to do this would be to write a script / batch file to GAC the file. Test this out by itself without the MSI. Once working, include the script in the MSI, and then execute the script as a custom action to execute on install.

You would also want to remove it from the GAC on uninstall.

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