Uninstall .NET 2.0 assemblies from GAC

[eengelen]

When I create a new Basic MSI project, add a .NET 2.0 assembly, set it's location to the GAC, build a release, install and unstall: the assembly is not removed from the GAC.

When I open the MSI-file in InstallShield and look at the MsiAssemblyName table there are rows with 'Name', 'Version', 'PublicKeyToken', 'Culture' and 'FileVersion'.
.NET 2.0 requires that a row with the 'ProcessorArchitecture' is supplied. That why uninstall fails. Manually adding a 'ProcessorArchitecture' row solves the problem.

Is there a way to let Installshield add a row 'ProcessorArchitecture' automatically'? IS 11.5 supports .NET 2.0 so it should be possible.

Thanks

[MichaelU]

We definitely want to track this down and fix it. I just performed an inconclusive test with Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll, as we didn't include the processorArchitecture but Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector doesn't show it either. However http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...mbly_table.asp suggests all these values are available in the manifest; which I would have hoped we were implicitly referencing. Do you have the processorArchitecture value set in your assembly's manifest?

[eengelen]

No it is not set:

// Assembly Ascon.Common, Version 1.0.2137.22546
Location: F:\Ascon\Common\Ascon.Common\bin\Release\Ascon.Common.dll
Name: Ascon.Common, Version=1.0.2137.22546, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2088aa7ba8a49089

I don't know whether/how I can set it manually, but I shouldn't, should I?

[eengelen]

Another problem:
Upgrading/patching doesn't remove the old assembly from the GAC.

Anyone?

[pctaylor]

I have this problem too.

My MsiAssemblyName table is empty. Do I have to manually populate this table? And the table doesn't have a PublicKey column.