Cannot remove a .NET assembly from GAC

[Navin]

Hi everyone,

I am facing this typical problem. I have a .NET assembly called
"SecurityLib", which I have kept in GAC using gacutil tool. But now I can
not uninstall it from GAC using gacutil.
I have tried various parameters
gacutil /u
gacutil /uf
gacutil /ungen
gacutil /cdl
The error message is like:
Assembly: SecurityLib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=5843b4c8bb83aa99, Custom=null
Unable to uninstall: assembly is required by one or more applications

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

But I am pretty sure that it is not referred by any of my applications.

Can any body help please?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

[Cowboy \(Gregory A Beamer\)]

Did you place it in the GAC with a custom installer? That is an issue.

Also, did it once get used by a web app? If so, recycle the aspnet worker
process, which should free it.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MPV; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Navin" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I am facing this typical problem. I have a .NET assembly called
"SecurityLib", which I have kept in GAC using gacutil tool. But now I can
not uninstall it from GAC using gacutil.
I have tried various parameters
gacutil /u
gacutil /uf
gacutil /ungen
gacutil /cdl
The error message is like:
Assembly: SecurityLib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=5843b4c8bb83aa99, Custom=null
Unable to uninstall: assembly is required by one or more applications

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

But I am pretty sure that it is not referred by any of my applications.

Can any body help please?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

[robert slaney]

Hi Greg

I am having the same issue. I manually added some assemblies, both by
using GACUtil and Drag-drop into Assembly folder. I have not used a
custom installer.

Why is Windows Installer a registered dependance of these assemblies,
but it was not used to put it in the GAC.

Rebooting the PC has not fixed it.

Cheers...

Rob Slaney

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Did you place it in the GAC with a custom installer? That is an issue.

Also, did it once get used by a web app? If so, recycle the aspnet
worker
process, which should free it.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MPV; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

************************************************** ********************
Think outside the box!
************************************************** ********************
"Navin" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:u%****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi everyone,

I am facing this typical problem. I have a .NET assembly called
"SecurityLib", which I have kept in GAC using gacutil tool. But now I can not uninstall it from GAC using gacutil.
I have tried various parameters
gacutil /u
gacutil /uf
gacutil /ungen
gacutil /cdl
The error message is like:
Assembly: SecurityLib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=5843b4c8bb83aa99, Custom=null
Unable to uninstall: assembly is required by one or more applications

Pending references:
SCHEME: <WINDOWS_INSTALLER> ID: <MSI> DESCRIPTION : <Windows Installer>
But I am pretty sure that it is not referred by any of my applications.
Can any body help please?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

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[robert slaney]

The following was posted by Howard Dierking to resolve this.
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I had this same problem -- it had to do with a bug introduced when I
upgraded MSN
Messenger. Anyway, it was resolved by deleting the (default) value for
the following
reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Asse mblies\Global

hth,

_howard

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