Removing VS2005 RC

[Vayse]

I removed the Beta 2, and installed VS2005 Release Candidate. However, now
have a bug where tables are not visbile in the data sources window.
I checked on the MS site, and its bug ID FDBK37411

The fix there is to remove everything VS related and install again. I used
the MS uninstall tool.
I've done that and I still have the same problem.

User Yahya mentions he deleted the GAC - whats that?
Is there anything else I should do before trying another install?

Thanks
Vayse

 

[John]

Deleting everything may be an overkill. Have you tried other solutions given
by the commentators under the same bug? I think it is something to do with
deleting settings folders etc. Check the duplicates of the bug as well.

If I am not mistaken GAC is normally in the folder <drive>:\<win
folder>\assembly.

Regards

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

folder>\assembly.

Yes, that's correct.

..NET installs a shell extension for that folder but you can see the actual
contents using the DOS command line or using:

SUBST G: C:\Windows\Assembly

and navigating to G: drive with the Windows Explorer.
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[Vayse]

That SUBST command didn't work for me. Never heard of it before, sounds like
it could be useful.

I take it I should only delete GAC sub folders that mention .net

Also, where are these settings folders? I've tried installing to a different
drive letter, and still get the same problem.

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

SUBST is a DOS command so you need to open a DOS window (Start, Execute...
and then type cmd.exe. In the black window type:

SUBST G: C:\WINDOWS\ASSEMBLY

assuming that your windows directory is C:\Windows (the default in XP)

After that you have a new g: drive unit pointing to that folder and it will
cheat the shell extension on that folder.

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[Vayse]

These are my GAC folders. None seem to mention .net directly, so not sure
what to delete?
Also, and default locations of the settings folders, so I can delete them,
would be handy.

15/08/05 13:25 <DIR> ADODB
27/10/05 16:32 0 list.txt
15/08/05 13:36 <DIR> Microsoft.Data.SqlXml
15/08/05 13:31 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
15/08/05 13:32 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.Graph
26/10/05 15:20 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath
15/08/05 13:31 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.Xml
25/10/05 17:48 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
25/10/05 17:48 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.OutlookViewCtl
15/08/05 13:31 <DIR> Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
15/08/05 13:31 <DIR> Microsoft.Vbe.Interop
15/08/05 13:31 <DIR> Microsoft.Vbe.Interop.Forms
15/08/05 13:25 <DIR> MSDATASRC
15/08/05 13:31 <DIR> office
15/08/05 13:25 <DIR> stdole

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

The whole GAC folder is related to .NET, so if you follow that route (a last
resort), you should delete the whole folder.

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