microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.setup

Phil Wilson

1/15/2007 6:30:00 PM

Please don't post duplicates like this. See vsnet.general.
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Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP Windows Installer]
"wheresjim" <wheresjim@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I created an installer that installs .NET Framework 2.0 as a
> prerequisite, which works great, further on in the installation it
> places 3 .dlls in the GAC, and then it launches my app, which complains
> that the 3 assemblies are not in the GAC, despite the fact that I have
> checked, and they are indeed in the GAC.
>
> What's weird is that in my debugging, I installed the .NET SDK so I
> could use gacutil which is not installed with the redistributed
> framework, as soon as I installed the SDK, the app worked, at which
> time I verified that the assemblies were in the GAC. I then
> uninstalled the SDK, and the app stopped working, again stating that
> the assemblies were not in the GAC. I then copied the gacutil over
> from another machine, and re-verified that the assemblies were in the
> GAC, despite the error message of my app.
>
> I have previously written an installer for this same app, using the
> same assemblies and have not had this problem (though last time I used
> VS .NET 2003, and I am now using VS 2005). I have installed .NET from
> a redistributable that I had on my disk, as well as a fresh one I have
> downloaded.
>
> I'm stumped, anybody?
>