ClickOnce error: Value does not fall within the expected range

Question

Getting this error on ALL ClickOnce application launches for a certain user. This started happening after a version upgrade (but happens to no one else).

I've tried subsequently changing the version number, add/remove, registry scrub, clearing Local Settings\Apps folder, etc... Still no luck.

This article points to a user profile corruption, but I recreating this user isn't an option. Are there any other ideas on cleaning this up?

 PLATFORM VERSION INFO
    Windows    : 5.1.2600.196608 (Win32NT)
    Common Language Runtime  : 2.0.50727.3082
    System.Deployment.dll   : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    mscorwks.dll    : 2.0.50727.3082 (QFE.050727-3000)
    dfdll.dll    : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    dfshim.dll    : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)

SOURCES
    Deployment url   : file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<username>/Start%20Menu/Programs/<programname>/<programname>.appref-ms%7C

ERROR SUMMARY
    Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
    * Activation of \\NDP13\C\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\<programname>\<programname>.appref-ms| resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
     + Value does not fall within the expected range.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
    No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
    There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
    * [7/22/2009 10:35:30 AM] : Activation of \\NDP13\C\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\<programname>\<programname>.appref-ms| has started.

ERROR DETAILS
    Following errors were detected during this operation.
    * [7/22/2009 10:35:30 AM] System.ArgumentException
     - Value does not fall within the expected range.
     - Source: System.Deployment
     - Stack trace:
      at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IsolationInterop.GetUserStore(UInt32 Flags, IntPtr hToken, Guid& riid)
      at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IsolationInterop.GetUserStore()
      at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore..ctor(ComponentStoreType storeType, SubscriptionStore subStore)
      at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore..ctor(String deployPath, String tempPath, ComponentStoreType storeType)
      at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.get_CurrentUser()
      at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
      at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
    No transaction information is available.

Answer 1

The problem mysteriously disappeared after repeatedly deleting that folder, and attempting to reinstall. Perhaps there was a reboot thrown in there too.

Answer 2

I have also come across this error on a Windows 7 x64 machine. I've finally been able to properly install my ClickOnce application by completely removing any references to in the registry (but that was not enough) and then clearing %user%\AppData\Local\Apps.