Hi,

I tried to remove assembly from Framework 1.1 Configuration, it says 'Error
removing assembly' I then hit the gactil which results the following

Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility. Version
1.1.4322.573
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2002. All rights reserved.

Assembly: foo, Version=1.0.1.1, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=1234567890123456, Custom=null
Assembly could not be uninstalled because it is required by Windows
Installer
Unable to uninstall: assembly is required by one or more applications
Pending references:


SCHEME: <WINDOWS_INSTALLER> ID: <MSI> DESCRIPTION : <Windows
Installer>

Number of items uninstalled = 0
Number of failures = 0
---------------------------------------------------------

I also looked the following registry keys, but there is no such entry.


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Assemblies
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Assemblies




Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Fahad

Fahad Ashfaque wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to remove assembly from Framework 1.1 Configuration, it says
> 'Error removing assembly' I then hit the gactil which results the
> following
>
> Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility. Version
> 1.1.4322.573
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2002. All rights reserved.
>
> Assembly: foo, Version=1.0.1.1, Culture=neutral,
> PublicKeyToken=1234567890123456, Custom=null
> Assembly could not be uninstalled because it is required by Windows
> Installer
> Unable to uninstall: assembly is required by one or more applications
> Pending references:
>
>
> SCHEME: <WINDOWS_INSTALLER> ID: <MSI> DESCRIPTION : <Windows
> Installer>
>
> Number of items uninstalled = 0
> Number of failures = 0
> ---------------------------------------------------------

What this says is that an installer application has added the assembly to
the GAC using gacutil /ir (rather than /i). To uninstall it you must use /ur
and give the installer scheme. For more details see my tutorial:

http://www.grimes.demon.co.uk/workshops/fusWSSeven.htm

Richard
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