Listing down .netassembly names

How many assembles do we have in .NET 3.5? Can I list them down For eg: System; System.Windows.Forms and so on...Please help with code in C#

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• What is the use of this other than being just a statistic? You do not have to include all of them in one single application anyway!

• I need to display the list to my students..they are interested in seeing if it can be done and if we can list only the assembles(class names) of .net 3.5

• take a look at gac c:\windows\assemblies

• You can download the .NET Framework 3.5 Common Namespaces and Types Poster on Microsoft's website.

• isnt there any way to display it using reflection? I just need the class names in .net 3.5

• Here's a quick program to search C:\Windows\assembly\ for all .dll assemblies and output the ones with a version of 3.5:

  // Get all "*.dll" files from "C:\Windows\assembly".
  string windowsDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable( "windir" );
  string assemblyDirectory = Path.Combine( windowsDirectory, "assembly" );
  string[] assemblyFiles = Directory.GetFiles(
    assemblyDirectory, "*.dll", SearchOption.AllDirectories
  );
  
  // Get version of each file (ignoring policy, integration, and design files).
  var versionedFiles =
    from path in assemblyFiles
    let filename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension( path )
    where !filename.StartsWith( "policy" ) 
       && !filename.EndsWith( ".ni" ) 
       && !filename.EndsWith( ".Design" )
    let versionInfo = System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo( path )
    select new { Name = filename, Version = versionInfo.FileVersion };
  
  // Select all 3.5 assemblies.
  var assembliesIn3_5 = versionedFiles
    .Where( file => file.Version.StartsWith( "3.5" ) )
    .OrderBy( file => file.Name );
  
  foreach( var file in assembliesIn3_5 )
    Console.WriteLine( "{0,-50} {1}", file.Name, file.Version );
  

  Based on this PowerShell query:

  dir C:\Windows\assembly -filter *.dll -recurse | 
    ? { [Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($_.FullName).FileVersion.StartsWith('3.5.') } | 
    % { [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_.Name) } | 
    ? { -not $_.EndsWith('.ni') } | 
    sort
  

  
  Also, you mind find Hanselman's Changes in the .NET BCL between 2.0 and 3.5 post useful.