Reinstall of .Net Framework fails to fix mscoree.dll error

[Brainstormer]

I was getting a few errors around mscoree.dll. I reinstalled .Net
framework
and after taking about 20 minutes to reinstall, which I think is about
average,
I am still getting "mscoree.dll could not be loaded" when I try to run
the U.S.
Post Office's program, Shipping Assistant. Anyone know of any fixes
even
after one reinstalls .Net Framework?

 

[Andrew E.]

You probably failed to uninstall the older or current versions as one needs
to do before reinstalling .NET. Thier is a .NET uninstaller utility,go to
http://www.microsoft.com/msdn
Use the search at MSDN for the utility..

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

You probably failed to uninstall the older or current versions as one needs
to do before reinstalling .NET.

Brainstormer, please be sure to *not* do what Andrew E. says above. As
is typical of his posts here, he has no idea what he's talking about,
and is completely wrong. Multiple versions of the .net framework are
normally needed, and in no case will having them hurt you.

 

[Brainstormer]

Well, regardless of who is right, you haven't offered me
any suggestions. In such a case, I only have his advice
to follow.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Well, regardless of who is right, you haven't offered me
any suggestions.

If I had an answer for you, I would have told you. I didn't. All I was
able to do was steer you away from a nonsensical answer.

In such a case, I only have his advice
to follow.

Then feel free to ignore my comment and follow whatever advice you
want to follow.

 

[Richard]

I was getting a few errors around mscoree.dll. I reinstalled .Net
framework and after taking about 20 minutes to reinstall, which I think
is about average, I am still getting "mscoree.dll could not be loaded"
when I try to run the U.S. Post Office's program, Shipping Assistant.
Anyone know of any fixes even after one reinstalls .Net Framework?

Hi Robert,

Here is what I have on my computer:

C:\Windows\system32\MSCOREE.DLL
File Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
Description: Microsoft .NET Runtime Execution Engine
(On the Digital Signatures tab, Details
Signing time: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:41:32 PM
Mine says "This digital signature is OK."

(I'm guessing that is the core engine for any .NET version.)

I also have this:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\MSCOREE.TLB
File Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
Descript: Microsoft .NET Runtime CLR Loading and Configuration Interfaces
Internal name: MSCOREE.DLL
Original File name: MSCOREE.DLL

OK, I just checked with Command Prompt what processes I currently have
running that load mscoree.dll, and this is the result:

C:\>tasklist /m mscoree.dll

Image Name PID Modules
============== ====== ===========
explorer.exe 1260 mscoree.dll
sqlservr.exe 1524 MSCOREE.DLL

C:\>exit
- - -

If your explorer.exe loads it OK, then the problem would be with whatever
software is trying to load it, not with mscoree.dll itself.

You might enquire further in one of these 2 newsgroups for advice:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.clr

HTH. (Hope This Helps.
--Richard