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    copied!<p>How do I uninstall the GAC from my C# application.</p> <p>I am not able to uninstall, the particular exe and DLL from GAC.</p> <p>Is it the proper way to uninstall the GAC in C# ?</p> <pre><code>public void RemoveAssembly(string ShortAssemblyName, string PublicToken) { AssemblyCacheEnum AssembCache = new AssemblyCacheEnum(null); string FullAssembName = null; for (; ; ) { string AssembNameLoc = AssembCache.GetNextAssembly(); if (AssembNameLoc == null) break; string Pt; string ShortName = GetAssemblyShortName(AssembNameLoc, out Pt); if (ShortAssemblyName == ShortName) { if (PublicToken != null) { PublicToken = PublicToken.Trim().ToLower(); if (Pt == null) { FullAssembName = AssembNameLoc; break; } Pt = Pt.ToLower().Trim(); if (PublicToken == Pt) { FullAssembName = AssembNameLoc; break; } } else { FullAssembName = AssembNameLoc; break; } } } string Stoken = "null"; if (PublicToken != null) { Stoken = PublicToken; } if (FullAssembName == null) throw new Exception("Assembly=" + ShortAssemblyName + ",PublicToken=" + token + " not found in GAC"); AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition UninstDisp; AssemblyCache.UninstallAssembly(FullAssembName, null, out UninstDisp); } public static void UninstallAssembly(String assemblyName, InstallReference reference, out AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition disp) { AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition dispResult = AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition.Uninstalled; if (reference != null) { if (!InstallReferenceGuid.IsValidGuidScheme(reference.GuidScheme)) throw new ArgumentException("Invalid reference guid.", "guid"); } IAssemblyCache ac = null; int hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0); if (hr &gt;= 0) { hr = ac.UninstallAssembly(0, assemblyName, reference, out dispResult); } if (hr &lt; 0) { Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr); } disp = dispResult; } </code></pre>
 

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