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+# Get-GacAssemblyFile
+
+Gets the FileInfo of assemblies in the GAC. FileInfo can be used as input for Copy-Item to
+extract an assembly from the GAC or to get the VersionInfo from the assembly.
+
+## SYNTAX
+```powershell
+Get-GacAssemblyFile [-AssemblyName] <AssemblyName[]> [<CommonParameters>]
+```
+
+## PARAMETERS
+```powershell
+-AssemblyName <AssemblyName[]>
+```
+Specifies the assembly name. Must be fully qualified. See Test-AssemblyNameFullyQualified.
+```powershell
+<CommonParameters>
+```
+This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
+ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
+OutBuffer and OutVariable. 
+
+## EXAMPLES
+```powershell
+C:\PS>Get-GacAssembly -Name System -Version 4.0.0.0 | Get-GacAssemblyFile | Copy-Item -Destination C:\Temp
+```
+This example extracts the System assembly with version 4.0.0.0 from the GAC to the C:\Temp path.
+```powershell
+C:\PS>(Get-GacAssembly -Name System | Get-GacAssemblyFile).VersionInfo
+
+ProductVersion  FileVersion      FileName
+--------------  -----------      --------
+2.0.50727.6401  2.0.50727.640... C:\Windows\assembly\GACMSIL\System\2.0.0.0_b77a5c561934e089\System.dll
+4.0.30319.18033 4.0.30319.180... C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GACMSIL\System\v4.04.0.0.0b77a5c561934e089\
+S...
+```
+This example returns the VersionInfo all System assemblies in the GAC.