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Cannot find the assembly error... looking for a previous version of a .dll
I have a VB.NET server app and client app that are both using the same .dll for communication. I've built the project, gacutil'ed it to add it to the global assembly cache... I'm up to .dll version 1.2.6 right now.
When I run the client, I get an error during one of it's methods that says:
"Cannot find the assembly SMailMan, Version=1.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=....."
I think I've removed all references I have to this, uninstalled old assemblies, deleted the solution file, and re-built the project. Nothing gets rid of this reference to version 1.2.2.0 of the old assembly. How could this be happening, and how can I fix it?
When I run the client, I get an error during one of it's methods that says:
"Cannot find the assembly SMailMan, Version=1.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=....."
I think I've removed all references I have to this, uninstalled old assemblies, deleted the solution file, and re-built the project. Nothing gets rid of this reference to version 1.2.2.0 of the old assembly. How could this be happening, and how can I fix it?
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I ensured that the correct version of the assembly is in both .vbproj files...
Tomorrow I will use /if with the gacutil tool, and make sure that's not causing the problem.
Tomorrow I will use /if with the gacutil tool, and make sure that's not causing the problem.
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I can't believe it... the second option worked, igor_alpha!
So what exactly was happening there? Each time I'd gacutil.exe the file, I'd uninstall the previous version(s) using "gacutil.exe -u". Why wouldn't that take care of it? What makes the "-if" necessary?
So what exactly was happening there? Each time I'd gacutil.exe the file, I'd uninstall the previous version(s) using "gacutil.exe -u". Why wouldn't that take care of it? What makes the "-if" necessary?
/if - Installs an assembly into the global assembly cache. If an assembly with the same name already exists in the global assembly cache, the tool overwrites it.
Specifying this option is equivalent to specifying the /i and /f options together.
Usually uninstalling and then installing new version is enough. Probably in your situation it was not enough, don't know why.
Specifying this option is equivalent to specifying the /i and /f options together.
Usually uninstalling and then installing new version is enough. Probably in your situation it was not enough, don't know why.
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I've looked through the registry editor for old copies... nothing. I've looked in the C:\WINDOWS\assembly folders, and both machines have the correct versions in there...