Clickonce publish - "The file 'default.htm' already exists in this Web site"

Question

When I try to (re)publish my clickonce app, I am getting this:

Failed to copy file 'E:*path*\default.htm' to '\*path*\default.htm'. Unable to add 'default.htm' to the Web site. The file 'default.htm' already exists in this Web site.

There are three files with the same error message - default.htm, setup.exe and my app's .application file.

What's going on? I've published this before, many times - although it's been a few months since the last publish.

Answer 1

You might wanna post this on UserVoice (cause its going to get into server details quickly) but it seems to me that the file already exists. 2 most obvious possibilities are:

1) The web server has set the file to read-only.

2) I think ClickOnce uses a different directory per deployment. Did you remember to bump the version number up?