I have assemblies of uninstalled programs persisting in GAC. Whenever I run gacutil /u <name> on any of it, I get the "assembly is required by one or more applications" error. From the kb article:
Windows Installer is a probable source of the erroneous registry entry that blocks the Global Assembly Cache tool (Gacutil.exe) from uninstalling the assemblies. Gacutil.exe cannot override Windows Installer reference counts. Several possible causes of conflict exist between Windows Installer and Gacutil.exe. If you use Windows Installer to install an assembly in the GAC, Gacutil.exe may not be able to remove the assembly.
The problem is causing me (and others) perfectly strange problems with Visual Studio.
My question:
Can I uninstall all .NET frameworks, delete all of the .NET 2 & 4 GAC and be sure I will boot up again?
