Hi Andy, You may be experiencing a variation of this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/alanshi/archive/2003/12/10/42690.aspx If the assembly is actually present in the GAC and you really want it gone, as an absolute last resort you can bute-force the removal. From a command prompt: del /q /s %SYSTEMROOT%\assembly\GAC\MyAssembly Cheers, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 1:11 am Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Uninstalling From GAC > Hi. I'm having a problem where .NET does not let uninstall a > component from > the GAC. Using the gacutil.exe /u doesn't do it, neither does > using the > force option (/uf), nor forcing a re-install (/if) and then forcing > uninstall. Neither does deleting it from the Assembly Cache > configurationapp. When using the GUI, it simply says 'There was an > error removing > MyAssembly.dll'. When I use the command line it gives me this: > > -------------------------------------------- > C:\Lib>gacutil /u MyAssembly.dll > > Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility. Version > 1.1.4322.573Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2002. All > rights reserved. > > No assemblies found that match: MyAssembly.dll > > Number of items uninstalled = 0 > Number of failures = 0 > -------------------------------------------- > > Even though the assembly does in fact exist in that folder (c:\lib). > > Anybody have any ideas? I'm lost, I even did a complete search of the > registry and didn't find a reference to it, so I guess GAC doesn't > use the > registry. Any help is much appreciated... > > Thanks! > > Andy > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com > Some .NET courses you may be interested in: > > NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles > http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
