Hi

I am repeteadely getting the following error when am trying to uninstall the GAT

Exception: Unabe to et installer types in the C:\Program Files....\MetaGuidancePackageInstaller.dll assembly --> Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retireve the LoaderExceptions property for more information"

Can someone plz help me understand the issues while un-installing he GAT Kit?

Couple of questions to help the guessing game:

a) Have you already un-installed GAX?
b) can you run the GAX Troubleshooter and posts its output here?

thanks,
-vga.

Not I have not installed GAX before uninstalling GAT becasue we install GAX before installing GAT.

Where do I get tha GAX Troubleshooter.

By the way I had to reinstall the Visual Studio IDE to get this resolved.

You can download the GAX Troubleshooter from here:

http://softwarefactoriestoolkit.net/GaxTroubleshooter.zip

The tool will log to a file installation information which can be used to diagnose most install/uninstall issues. It's not necessary to re-install VS to fix GAX issues (actually it's like shooting a mosquito with a bazooka ). Please post any GAX/GAT installation issues where alongside with the log from this tool and we will help you fix it without having to resort to re-installing VS.

Hi Guys,

I think I'm having exactly the same issue.

Here are the results of the troubleshooter.

Dumping OS details...
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OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
CLR version: 2.0.50727.1433

Dumping GAX hive...
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Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions
Value CurrentVersion=1.2 - (String)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions\Compatibility
Value 1.1=1 - (DWord)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions\Hosts
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions\Hosts\VisualStudio
Value CurrentInstallDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\ - (String)

Dumping GAX Main Manifest...
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RecipeFramework SchemaVersion="1.0" TraceLevel="Error" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-manifest">
<Hosts>
<Host Name="VisualStudio" InstallerType="Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.RecipeFrameworkInstaller, Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio" />
</Hosts>
<GuidancePackages>
<GuidancePackage Name="guid22ce1b10_8c41_41fd_aa62_3e9d19ef1a7f" Version="1.0" Caption="Smart Client Development" Description="Smart Client Development" Host="VisualStudio" Guid="22ce1b10-8c41-41fd-aa62-3e9d19ef1a7f" ConfigurationFile="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\SmartClientDevelopment.xml" Timestamp="632871992200000000" />
</GuidancePackages>
</RecipeFramework>

Dumping GAX info for 8.0 hive.
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GaxTroubleshooter.exe Information: 0 : Unable to find Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\RecipeManagerPackage.
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}
Value ID=1 - (DWord)
Value MinEdition=Standard - (String)
Value ProductVersion=1.0 - (String)
Value ProductName=recipe framework - (String)
Value CompanyName=Microsoft - (String)
Value InprocServer32=C:\WINDOWS\system32\mscoree.dll - (String)
Value Class=Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.RecipeManagerPackage - (String)
Value CodeBase=file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE/PublicAssemblies/Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.DLL - (String)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}\SatelliteDll
Value Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies - (String)
Value DllName=Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudioUI.dll - (String)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}\Templates
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}\Templates\{22ce1b10-8c41-41fd-aa62-3e9d19ef1a7f}
Value LastTemplate=14 - (DWord)
Value PackageName=guid22ce1b10_8c41_41fd_aa62_3e9d19ef1a7f - (String)
Value 1=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Items\ServiceAgent\ServiceAgent.vstemplate - (String)
Value 2=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Projects\Module\Module.Basic.vstemplate - (String)
Value 3=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Projects\Module\Module.Layout.vstemplate - (String)
Value 4=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Projects\Module\ModuleHandle.vstemplate - (String)
Value 5=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Projects\Module.Business\BusinessModuleHandle.vstemplate - (String)
Value 6=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Projects\Module.Business\Module.vstemplate - (String)
Value 7=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Projects\Module.Interface\Module.Interface.vstemplate - (String)
Value 8=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\SmartClient.vstemplate - (String)
Value 9=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\Projects\Infrastructure\Infrastructure.vstemplate - (String)
Value 10=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\Projects\Library\Library.vstemplate - (String)
Value 11=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\Projects\Module\Module.vstemplate - (String)
Value 12=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\Projects\Shell.Basic\Shell.vstemplate - (String)
Value 13=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\Projects\Shell.Extended\Shell.vstemplate - (String)
Value 14=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SCSF\GuidancePkg\Bin\Templates\Solutions\Projects\Shell.LayoutModule\Shell.Layout.vstemplate - (String)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{ADFC4E64-0397-11D1-9F4E-00A0C911004F}
Value {53544C4D-E3F8-4AA0-8195-8A8D16019423}=0 - (DWord)
Value {77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}=0 - (DWord)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{ADFC4E64-0397-11D1-9F4E-00A0C911004F}\Packages
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{ADFC4E64-0397-11D1-9F4E-00A0C911004F}\Packages\{22ce1b10-8c41-41fd-aa62-3e9d19ef1a7f}
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82}
Value {C9DD4A57-47FB-11D2-83E7-00C04F9902C1}=0 - (DWord)
Value {77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}=0 - (DWord)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82}\Packages
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82}\Packages\{22ce1b10-8c41-41fd-aa62-3e9d19ef1a7f}
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ToolWindows\{90e51bf7-d80a-4fa1-8a20-2641cbb842f4}
Value Name=Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.ToolWindow.GuidanceNavigatorWindow - (String)
Dumping PublicAssemblies 8.0 folder...
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Microsoft.Practices.Common, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.ComponentModel, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Common, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.PackageManagement, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.Common, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.Library, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
Microsoft.Practices.WizardFramework, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
WARNING: Unable to get assembly info: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudioUI.dll - The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131018)

Hi Mitchy,
I'm not sure if you've the same issue, it seems that you don't have installed gat, you just have installed SCSF.
Which error are you getting, and where...?

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