FYI- GACUTIL is not a redist per MSFT EULA.

2008-07-09T22:06:00.000-04:00

Jon,
Thanks for the cool tip. That is what I l...

2008-07-04T22:19:00.000-04:00

Jon,
Thanks for the cool tip. That is what I like about InstallAware, every time I find a problem, there's always a work around of some sort. You can do the same sort of thing with other Windows Installer based tools, but it's easier to use InstallAware's Msicode.

Yes, we ended up having to use GACUTIL.EXE with th...

2008-07-04T19:52:00.000-04:00

Yes, we ended up having to use GACUTIL.EXE with the "/ul" switch to uninstall a support file named "GAC.txt" which contained the assembly name and version of each assembly to remove.

You can get the direct path to GACUTIL on a target machine with this script; hope it helps!

Comment: Get the path to the framework SDK for 1.1 and 2.0
Check Registry Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\sdkInstallRootv1.1 into Framework11Folder
Check Registry Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\sdkInstallRootv2.0 into Framework20Folder

Comment: Get the path to the GACUTIL executable
Set Variable GacUtility11 to $Framework11Folder$bin\GACUTIL.EXE
Set Variable GacUtility20 to $Framework11Folder$bin\GACUTIL.EXE

... then, with a GAC.TXT support file added to the project, execute GACUTIL after applying the uninstall, like this:

Apply Uninstall (get result into variable SUCCESS)
if Variable SUCCESS not Equals CANCEL
if Variable SUCCESS not Equals ERROR
Run Program $GacUtility20$ /ul "$SUPPORTDIR$\GAC.txt" (WAIT)
end
end

... we've tested this with 2003, 2005 and 2008 and it's working.

Comments on Christopher Miller's random thoughts: InstallAware doesn't automatically remove assembli...

FYI- GACUTIL is not a redist per MSFT EULA.

Jon,Thanks for the cool tip. That is what I l...

Yes, we ended up having to use GACUTIL.EXE with th...

Jon,
Thanks for the cool tip. That is what I l...