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One user cannot install my app because they continue to receive the error:

The application “myapp” was not installed on the iPhone “myPhone” because its resources have been modified

I've read the error occurs because of adding files after the app is built. I have not added any files. Last week, the user could install the ad hoc without issue. I've tried clean and rebuilt with no luck. As the developer, the ad hoc installs fine on my device from iTunes, even after deleting all profiles. Any ideas?

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IF this is an adhoc distribution, I'd clean and re-build it, then give it to the user again, along with the provisioning profile : basically make sure they have a clean set of everything.

There is also a reported issue on Vista / Win7 where windows corrupts the Zip. It may be worthwhile distributing it as a ipa file rather than a zip

Andiih
I've cleaned and rebuilt. I'm not zipping either. Just straight .app file.
how are you distributing it ? Sounds like *something* is modifying the file before the user installs it. Try making it a zip or better still an ipa
Andiih
I'm dropping the .app into a dropbox folder. The recipient (Windows machine) gets the .app file out of the dropbox and drops into iTunes. This is how we've always done it.
Well something is changing it. Perhaps dropbox touches it. Go on - zip it first! It may be a change to dropbox functionality that's causing this issue. I also distribute beta via DB, but always zip first.
Andiih
Yep - I zipped it and now it is working. Thanks.