"Diane Yocom" <diane.yo***@removethis.seattle.gov> wrote in message
news:OLMfbfQMHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I've spent the last day trying to figure out what's wrong with my
> ClickOnce deployment.  I've found this question asked a lot in forums, but
> no helpful answers...
>
> I've created a WinForm application through VS2005 on my WinXP SP2 machine.
> I then published it to a network drive (on our Novell network).  The
> deployment worked well and I was able to install it on my machine and
> several others.  There are some machines, however, where it won't install.
> I keep getting the error "The application is improperly formatted" error
> whenver we click on Setup.exe.  I'll post the full error log below.
>
> I've successfully installed on WinXP SP1 and SP2 machines.  I've not been
> able to successfully install on WinXP SP1 and SP2, as well as Win2000
> machines, so I can't narrow it down to an OS.  I've run windowsupdate on
> several of the machines and still no joy.
>
> I've tried (and failed with) the following:
> - Publishing to my local machine, then copying the deployment up to the
> network drive
> - Copying the deployment files off the network to the machine with the
> problem
> - Unclicking "Sign the ClickOnce manifests" in the
> Project-Properties-Signing page, then redeploying
> - Creating a new test certificate through the Project-Properties-Signing
> page, then redeploying
>
> Other info:
> - I've got the app set up as a "Full trust application" for the "ClickOnce
> Security Settings"
> - I have not manually modified the manifests after they were created
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Diane
>
>
> ERROR LOG:
>
> PLATFORM VERSION INFO
> Windows    : 5.1.2600.65536 (Win32NT)
> Common Language Runtime  : 2.0.50727.42
> System.Deployment.dll   : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
> mscorwks.dll    : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
> dfdll.dll    : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
> dfshim.dll    : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
>
> SOURCES
> Deployment url   : file:///J:/MyDirectory/MyApp.APP
>
> ERROR SUMMARY
> Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later
> in the log.
> * Activation of J:\MyDirectory\MyApp.APP resulted in exception. Following
> failure messages were detected:
>  + Exception reading manifest from file:///J:/MyDirectory/MyApp.APP: the
> manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
>  + Manifest XML signature is not valid.
>  + The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>
> COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
> No transaction error was detected.
>
> WARNINGS
> There were no warnings during this operation.
>
> OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
> * [1/4/2007 12:35:09 PM] : Activation of
> J:\PSD_MIS\cccp\TESTIN~1\CCCPWI~1.APP has started.
>
> ERROR DETAILS
> Following errors were detected during this operation.
> * [1/4/2007 12:35:09 PM]
> System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
>  - Exception reading manifest from file:///J:/MyDirectory/MyApp.APP: the
> manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
>  - Source: System.Deployment
>  - Stack trace:
>   at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String
> localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
>   at
> System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore
> subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState,
> IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options,
> ServerInformation& serverInformation)
>   at
> System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore
> subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState,
> IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
>   at
> System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri
> activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
>   at
> System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object
> state)
>  --- Inner Exception ---
>  System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException
> (SignatureValidation)
>  - Manifest XML signature is not valid.
>  - Source: System.Deployment
>  - Stack trace:
>   at
> System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSignature(Stream
> s)
>   at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String
> localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
>  --- Inner Exception ---
>  System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException
>  - The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>  - Source: System.Deployment
>  - Stack trace:
>   at
> System.Deployment.Internal.CodeSigning.SignedCmiManifest.VerifyPublicKeyToken()
>   at
> System.Deployment.Internal.CodeSigning.SignedCmiManifest.Verify(CmiManifestVerifyFlags
> verifyFlags)
>   at
> System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSignature(Stream
> s)
>
> COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
> No transaction information is available.
>
>

"Diane Yocom" <diane.yo***@removethis.seattle.gov> wrote in message
news:Oe01s$RMHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> One extra bit of information...
>
> This app seems to install fine on all of our developers' machines, but not
> on regular users' machines (even when we try installing under an
> Administrator user).  Is there anything that a Visual Studio developer
> might have that would affect the workings of ClickOnce or
> System.Security.Cryptography?
>
> Diane
>
> "Diane Yocom" <diane.yo***@removethis.seattle.gov> wrote in message
> news:OLMfbfQMHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> I've spent the last day trying to figure out what's wrong with my
>> ClickOnce deployment.  I've found this question asked a lot in forums,
>> but no helpful answers...
>>
>> I've created a WinForm application through VS2005 on my WinXP SP2
>> machine. I then published it to a network drive (on our Novell network).
>> The deployment worked well and I was able to install it on my machine and
>> several others.  There are some machines, however, where it won't
>> install. I keep getting the error "The application is improperly
>> formatted" error whenver we click on Setup.exe.  I'll post the full error
>> log below.
>>
>> I've successfully installed on WinXP SP1 and SP2 machines.  I've not been
>> able to successfully install on WinXP SP1 and SP2, as well as Win2000
>> machines, so I can't narrow it down to an OS.  I've run windowsupdate on
>> several of the machines and still no joy.
>>
>> I've tried (and failed with) the following:
>> - Publishing to my local machine, then copying the deployment up to the
>> network drive
>> - Copying the deployment files off the network to the machine with the
>> problem
>> - Unclicking "Sign the ClickOnce manifests" in the
>> Project-Properties-Signing page, then redeploying
>> - Creating a new test certificate through the Project-Properties-Signing
>> page, then redeploying
>>
>> Other info:
>> - I've got the app set up as a "Full trust application" for the
>> "ClickOnce Security Settings"
>> - I have not manually modified the manifests after they were created
>>
>> Any help would be very much appreciated!
>> Thanks,
>> Diane
>>
>>
>> ERROR LOG:
>>
>> PLATFORM VERSION INFO
>> Windows    : 5.1.2600.65536 (Win32NT)
>> Common Language Runtime  : 2.0.50727.42
>> System.Deployment.dll   : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
>> mscorwks.dll    : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
>> dfdll.dll    : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
>> dfshim.dll    : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
>>
>> SOURCES
>> Deployment url   : file:///J:/MyDirectory/MyApp.APP
>>
>> ERROR SUMMARY
>> Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed
>> later in the log.
>> * Activation of J:\MyDirectory\MyApp.APP resulted in exception. Following
>> failure messages were detected:
>>  + Exception reading manifest from file:///J:/MyDirectory/MyApp.APP: the
>> manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
>>  + Manifest XML signature is not valid.
>>  + The system cannot find the file specified.
>>
>>
>> COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
>> No transaction error was detected.
>>
>> WARNINGS
>> There were no warnings during this operation.
>>
>> OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
>> * [1/4/2007 12:35:09 PM] : Activation of
>> J:\PSD_MIS\cccp\TESTIN~1\CCCPWI~1.APP has started.
>>
>> ERROR DETAILS
>> Following errors were detected during this operation.
>> * [1/4/2007 12:35:09 PM]
>> System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
>>  - Exception reading manifest from file:///J:/MyDirectory/MyApp.APP: the
>> manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
>>  - Source: System.Deployment
>>  - Stack trace:
>>   at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String
>> localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore
>> subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState&
>> subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options,
>> ServerInformation& serverInformation)
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore
>> subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState&
>> subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri
>> activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object
>> state)
>>  --- Inner Exception ---
>>  System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException
>> (SignatureValidation)
>>  - Manifest XML signature is not valid.
>>  - Source: System.Deployment
>>  - Stack trace:
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSignature(Stream
>> s)
>>   at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String
>> localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
>>  --- Inner Exception ---
>>  System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException
>>  - The system cannot find the file specified.
>>
>>  - Source: System.Deployment
>>  - Stack trace:
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Internal.CodeSigning.SignedCmiManifest.VerifyPublicKeyToken()
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Internal.CodeSigning.SignedCmiManifest.Verify(CmiManifestVerifyFlags
>> verifyFlags)
>>   at
>> System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSignature(Stream
>> s)
>>
>> COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
>> No transaction information is available.
>>
>>
>
>