Phil, Many thanks for the reply. I spent some time reviewing the MsiAssemblyName table and discovered that the third-party assembly I am trying to install does not have ProcessorArchitecture attribute set, however I was specifying MSIL as the processor architecture in the WiX File element.
As a result, the assembly manifest information being populated into the MsiAssemblyName table didn't actually match the assembly in the GAC and I presume that was the cause of the failure to remove the assembly. Once I had removed the processor architecture attribute on the File element, the assembly was successfully removed from the GAC. Many thanks for your help with this. Rgds, Nick. Wilson, Phil wrote: > > Assuming there are no sharing issues keeping it installed, the typical > reason for this is that the actual assembly name details do not match the > description that ends up in the MsiAssemblyName table in the MSI file. > This means that the identity must be fully specified with name, > publickeytoken, processor architecture, version, culture. I thought > something in WiX added all this to the MsiAssemblyName table. > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: nickheppleston [mailto:n...@modhul.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:05 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Assembly from GAC when Wix MSI Uninstalled > > > My WiX project installs a .Net 2.0 assembly into the GAC on install, > however > when I uninstall, the assembly remains in the GAC. Anyone have any > pointers > to how I go about removing the assembly from the GAC on uninstall? Is > there > an option similar to the RegistryKey 'createAndRemoveOnUninstall' action? > > I am using the following WiX entry to add the assembly to the GAC: > > <Component Id="LicencingAssembly" > Guid="9ACD8C7F-FF79-47A4-8195-4825D96381D1" DiskId="1"> > <File Id="Foo.dll" KeyPath="yes" Assembly=".net" > ProcessorArchitecture="msil" Name="Foo.dll" > Source="..\..\Binaries\Foo.dll" > /> > </Component> > > Rgds, Nick. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-Assembly-from-GAC-when-Wix-MSI-Uninstalled-tp2884391p2884391.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK > i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK > i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-Assembly-from-GAC-when-Wix-MSI-Uninstalled-tp2884391p2889156.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
