How do I force an assembly to uninstall from the GAC?

Question

I\'ve developed a simple installation package using WiX that installs an assembly called WBRT.Configuration into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). While the file ins

Answer 1

I followed the steps mentioned by @Mohsen , Remove the registry entry and uninstalled the DLL from GAC to resolve a conflict issue.

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Assemblies\Global] and run gacutil /u dllname -And success. I do not know what is the side effect. It worked for me, then I ran

gacutil -u dllThatIWantedToRemove

Answer 2

First, verify that your assembly is not locked by another process via gacutil.exe

gacutil /u WBRT.Configuration

If the above is OK make sure the file parent container has no permanent flag - Permanent="no"

<Component Shared="yes" Permanent="no" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE" >
    <File Id="filB7155C3E9A241BEAFE09533364964732" KeyPath="yes" Assembly=".net" 
       Source="$(var.Configuration.TargetDir)\WBRT.Configuration.dll" />
</Component>