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answered on 18 Apr 2008, 04:06 PM

Thanks for your reply, the only step I am unsure is the one talking about the GAC and the GacUtil (I never used it) If I understand correclty the GAC is located in the folder C:\WINDOWS\assembly but trying to delete the file directly from there does not work so I have to use the GacUtil to do so.

"If you have added the control in GAC, remove it by running a gacUtil to remove the old copy and then add the new one. "

Could you elaborate on how I must use the GacUtil to remove prometheus Q3 2007? I don't think GacUtil is install on my pc, is it suppose to be installed on all xp machine? If not where can I download it from?

Thanks,
Eric

answered on 21 Apr 2008, 07:37 AM

Hi Eric,

Each computer that .NET is installed on has a Global Assembly Cache (GAC) located in the Assembly folder in the Windows directory (usually: C:\WinNT\Assembly). The GAC contains information about shared assemblies which are components that can be shared among several applications (Ex. a DLL).

Shared assemblies must have globally unique names derived from their strong names (public keys generated to distinguish assemblies from other assemblies that may have the same names) which is Microsoft's solution to DLL hell. The GAC, not the registry, is the store for this information. When an application loads the GAC is examined by the Common Language Runtime to determine if the version of a shared component exists that is compatible with the one referenced by the application.

The gacutil.exe that ships with .NET can be used to add or remove a shared assembly from the GAC.

To add a shared assembly, from the command line enter:

gacutil.exe /i myassembly.dll

To remove a shared assembly, from the command line enter:

gacutil.exe /u myassembly.dll

When viewing the GAC in Windows Explorer shfusion.dll is used to provide the user interface. You can locate and rename this DLL to view the GAC like any other folder.

Regards,
Paul
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answered on 21 Apr 2008, 12:37 PM

Paul thanks for your reply.

I tried to uninstall using the command gacutil.exe /u telerik.charting.dll but I get the following message:

"Unable to uninstall: assembly is required by one or more applivations Pending references: SHEME: <WINDOWS_Installer> ID: <MSI> Description : <Windows Installer>"

Also I was wondering, if I publish on a share server this mean that I dont have access to the GAC, therefore I must put the telerik.charting.dll in my Bin folder. My question is, does this change anything for the instruction concerning this particular dll in the web.config ?

Eric