We are using SharePoint server 2007 in Windows 2008 Server 64 bit.
I am trying to delete the 'unnecessary' web parts from the gallery. We have
a console application which creates an SPSite object pointing
to the root site, calls
rootSite.GetCatalog(SPListTemplateType.WebPartCatalog);
to return the SPList of web parts in gallery and calls the delete on
those individual web parts. The program runs fine, I can see that the deleted
web parts are no longer listed in the Add Web Parts --Web Page Dialog. But
when I click the Advanced Web Part Gallery and Options, "Add Web Part" pane
come up. In this pane there are three web part collections: Closed Web Parts,
Home Gallery and Server Gallery. Interesting thing is all the web parts,
including the deleted one can be added from the Home Gallery. Why is it so ?
I did a reset of IIS after running the program.
Is there anything that I am missing.
With Regards
Ajit