John,
I was originally using the following WiX entry:
<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>
Which produced the following entry in the MsiAssemblyName table (view using
the Orca.exe tool shipped with the Windows SDK):
name: Foo
version: 1.0.0.0
culture: neutral
publicKeyToken: 4A3C0A4C668B48B4
processorArchitecure: MSIL
However, looking at the assembly in the GAC, there was no entry for it in
the 'Processor Architecture' column (i.e no 'MSIL', 'x86' or 'x64'). I
therefore removed the ProcessorArchitecture attribute from the File element,
so my Wix entry now looks like:
<Component Id="LicencingAssembly"
Guid="9ACD8C7F-FF79-47A4-8195-4825D96381D1" DiskId="1">
<File Id="Foo.dll" KeyPath="yes" Assembly=".net" Name="Foo.dll"
Source="..\..\Binaries\Foo.dll" />
</Component>
I installed and uninstalled the MSI and the assembly is successfully removed
from the GAC. Looking at the MsiAssemblyName table for the MSI with the
revised WiX entry, I now see the following:
name: Foo
version: 1.0.0.0
culture: neutral
publicKeyToken: 4A3C0A4C668B48B4
Note the lack of the *processorArchitecture* entry - this now matches the
assembly manifest of the assembly I was installing to the GAC.
Hope this helps.
Rgds, Nick.
John Daintree wrote:
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> I have a similar problem I think. Could you post the WiX snippet for the
> assembly that you were having problems with so that I can compare and
> contrast with my own install?
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> /john
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nickheppleston" <n...@modhul.com>
> To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Assembly from GAC when Wix MSI
> Uninstalled
>
>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
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