Global Assembly Cache

I took over a legacy e-commerce project that utilized.NET 1.1 to create the website code and all associated assemblies. This code is used to power around 75 web sites on a single web server. Right now they have a separate directory for each store, complete with a \bin folder that contains about 20 DLL files. The \bin folder is replicated for each store, so we have about 70 copies (I'll explain the missing 5 in a second) of the same \bin directory sitting around. When it comes time to make a change in the code, it's a pain.

Here are my questions:

1) Can I simply drop these DLL files in the GAC (I'm aware of the requirements for registering an assembly in the GAC) and then delete the corresponding DLL files in the \bin folder for each site?

2) There are 5 or 6 sites that have had customizations performed to the code. I do NOT want these few sites to load the assembly from the GAC, rather I want them to continue to load the DLL in it's \bin folder. Can I override the GAC files by simply keeping the custom DLL in the sites \bin folder? If not, what's the recommended approach?

Remember, this is all .NET 1.1. :)

Thanks!

Scott

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