Access Denied ... <add assembly="*">

[Randy Paez]

I installed a control that i got rid of. Now when i try and run another
project i get an Access is Denied {to that control}. It highlites <add
assembly="*"> from the machine.config file. How can i get asp.net to not
look for that control anymore? Please help!

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

I had one of those the other day and it was really annoying. You may have
to reboot.

The first thing to try is from the Run box:

net stop iisadmin /y

iisreset

In my case, it took a reboot. I wish I could produce a repro scenario for MS
'cause it is dangerous to have a DLL go bad and lock up like that on a
production machine. I didn't think it was supposed to happen at all in .NET.

Ken

"Randy Paez" <ra********@concentra.com> wrote in message
news:OU**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I installed a control that i got rid of. Now when i try and run another
project i get an Access is Denied {to that control}. It highlites <add
assembly="*"> from the machine.config file. How can i get asp.net to not
look for that control anymore? Please help!

[Randy Paez]

Thanks for your reply.

I agree, seeing something like makes me wary of getting to fancy with the
still relatively young ASP.NET. Soon after i wrote my message i fixed my
problem: .Net keeps referenced DLLs and contros in the applications bin
directory. If you remove the DLL/control from the references, .NET does not
remove it from that directory. My problem went away once i removed the DLL
from which i was receiving the Access Violation. Knowing that, the highlited
line in the machine.config made sense: <add assembly="*"> is telling .NET
to bind all the reference assemblies in the bin directory. I still don't
know why i got an Access Violation to that DLL, but i can worry about that
later.

Think this makes any sense? Does MS read these newsgroups? Think I should
send this to them?

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA************@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:Oa**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I had one of those the other day and it was really annoying. You may have
to reboot.

The first thing to try is from the Run box:

net stop iisadmin /y

iisreset

In my case, it took a reboot. I wish I could produce a repro scenario for MS 'cause it is dangerous to have a DLL go bad and lock up like that on a
production machine. I didn't think it was supposed to happen at all in ..NET.
Ken

"Randy Paez" <ra********@concentra.com> wrote in message
news:OU**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I installed a control that i got rid of. Now when i try and run another
project i get an Access is Denied {to that control}. It highlites <add
assembly="*"> from the machine.config file. How can i get asp.net to not
look for that control anymore? Please help!

[Alex Papadimoulis]

Hi Randy,

This is a problem that has plauged many-a-developers. It has something to do
with Index services or antivirus software locking a file, or something like
that. While I haven't been able to fix it myself, a simple "Rebuild
Solution" does.

Alex Papadimoulis

"Randy Paez" <ra********@concentra.com> wrote in message
news:OU**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I installed a control that i got rid of. Now when i try and run another
project i get an Access is Denied {to that control}. It highlites <add
assembly="*"> from the machine.config file. How can i get asp.net to not
look for that control anymore? Please help!

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Randy,

Think this makes any sense? Does MS read these newsgroups? Think I should
send this to them?
Yes, I would send the whole issue to MS. If there are many reports, it will
move up in the queue for investigation:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

"Randy Paez" <ra********@concentra.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... Thanks for your reply.

I agree, seeing something like makes me wary of getting to fancy with the
still relatively young ASP.NET. Soon after i wrote my message i fixed my
problem: .Net keeps referenced DLLs and contros in the applications bin
directory. If you remove the DLL/control from the references, .NET does not remove it from that directory. My problem went away once i removed the DLL
from which i was receiving the Access Violation. Knowing that, the highlited line in the machine.config made sense: <add assembly="*"> is telling .NET
to bind all the reference assemblies in the bin directory. I still don't
know why i got an Access Violation to that DLL, but i can worry about that
later.

Think this makes any sense? Does MS read these newsgroups? Think I should
send this to them?

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA************@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:Oa**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I had one of those the other day and it was really annoying. You may have to reboot.

The first thing to try is from the Run box:

net stop iisadmin /y

iisreset

In my case, it took a reboot. I wish I could produce a repro scenario

for MS

'cause it is dangerous to have a DLL go bad and lock up like that on a
production machine. I didn't think it was supposed to happen at all in

.NET.

Ken

"Randy Paez" <ra********@concentra.com> wrote in message
news:OU**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I installed a control that i got rid of. Now when i try and run another project i get an Access is Denied {to that control}. It highlites <add
assembly="*"> from the machine.config file. How can i get asp.net to not look for that control anymore? Please help!

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

On the box where I had the problem, we don't run Index server... or
anti-virus software. It still baffles me.
"Alex Papadimoulis" <alexp-at-halogenstudios.com> wrote in message
news:%2***************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi Randy,

This is a problem that has plauged many-a-developers. It has something to do with Index services or antivirus software locking a file, or something like that. While I haven't been able to fix it myself, a simple "Rebuild
Solution" does.

Alex Papadimoulis

"Randy Paez" <ra********@concentra.com> wrote in message
news:OU**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I installed a control that i got rid of. Now when i try and run another
project i get an Access is Denied {to that control}. It highlites <add
assembly="*"> from the machine.config file. How can i get asp.net to not
look for that control anymore? Please help!

[Jacob Yang [MSFT]]

Hi Randy,

Firstly I want to think Ken and Alex for their great help in this issue.

Based on my research and experience, this problem is because that the
Temporary ASP.NET Files directory was locked, for example, one of the
Temporary ASP.NET Files directories on my box is
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\Tempo rary ASP.NET
Files\MyWebApp\6388c6b0\ce9860c7\assembly\dl2\ea01 f56c\244a7780_fab0c301.
here the "MyWebApp" denotes a web application on my box.

There are many reasons that cause the lock on a Temporary ASP.NET Files
directory, for example, the Index Server
(http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;329065 )

Please recycle the appropriate aspnet_wp.exe process and delete the
assembly under the appropriate Temporary ASP.NET Files directory.

I hope it helpls.

Best regards,

Jacob Yang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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