How to clear "assembly download cache" on windows xp?

[Mats-Erik Grundh]

How to clear "assembly download cache" on windows xp?

Is it possible to clear the "assembly download cache" (C:\Windows\Assembly\) on a windows xp client?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

Mats-Erik,

If Gacutil.exe is on the machine you can run

Gacutil /cdl



Mattias

 

[Mats-Erik Grundh]

On a client computer there is no gacutil program installed. Is there some
other way to clear the cache?

 

[Christian Boult]

I'm not a 100% sure but if my memory is good on this the download cache is
linked to the IE download cache so clearing the IE download cache
should clear the Assembly download cache.

Chris.

On a client computer there is no gacutil program installed. Is there some
other way to clear the cache?

 

[Mats-Erik Grundh]

No, IE download cache does not clear "assembly download cache".

I'm not a 100% sure but if my memory is good on this the download cache is
linked to the IE download cache so clearing the IE download cache
should clear the Assembly download cache.

Chris.

 

[Christian Boult]

Actually I think it goes 2 places, the Internet explorer download cache and
then it installs it in the Assembly download cache.
So yup I guess clearing IE cache will only clean up one the two, so i guess
you gotta use Gacutil.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/07/NetSmartClients/default.aspx

Chris.

 

[mikeb]

On a client computer there is no gacutil program installed. Is there some
other way to clear the cache?

Look at this message:


http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...F-8&selm=#[email protected]

 

[Tian Min Huang]

Hi Mats-Erik,

Thanks for your post.

Based on my experience, I believe your client computer must have installed
..NET Framework 1.1 redistributable which does not include the tool
gacutil.exe. While this tool is shipped with other .NET Framework (say,
..NET Framework 1.0 redistributable, .NET Framework 1.1 SDK, etc). To
workaround this problem, I suggest you to manually copy the files
gacutil.exe and gacutil.exe.config (form a system with this tool under .NET
Framework 1.1) to the client computer without them under the directory:

<windows folder>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322

Please feel free to let me know if you have any problems or concerns.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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[Mats-Erik Grundh]

Thanks Tian!

Yes it will work when copying gacutil.exe and gacutil.exe.config file to the
....1.1.4322 directory and run, i just wondered if there where some other
ways to clear it.

This issue is related to my other post in this newsgroup, which is my main
problem:

Failed to load resources from resource file Pleas check your Setup.
http://groups.google.se/groups?hl=s...-8&selm=#[email protected]


Thanks!

 

[Tian Min Huang]

Hello Mats-Erik,

Thanks for your reply. I reviewed that thread and one of my colleagues
Felix is currently working on it. I believe that you will get it resolved
soon.

Have a nice day!

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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