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MSBuild Click-Once issues with manifest

I am getting the following error when I publish my ClickOnce application with MSBuild. I have a pre-publish task which copys the correct app.config file into the project before the publish and this is the only thing that I think could be causing this error. How can I correct this? Following failure messages were detected: File, ...

What causes ClickOnce URLDownloadToCacheFile failed during installation?

I'm getting the following error when installing my ClickOnce application via firefox. It doesn't happen with IE on the same computer. I swear I've installed it via firefox before. This is a Windows 7 machine. The following properties have been set: Property: [AdminUser] = true {boolean} Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = Intel {string}...

How to pass URL parameters to ClickOnce application in other browsers besides IE?

Is it possible to pass arguments to ClickOnce application from other browsers besides Internet Explorer? I am not even able to launch online-only application from any other browser. I am able to start offline ClickOnce applications (the .application file is downloaded and I am able to start it locally), but I am getting a file not found...

Configuration file with ClickOnce deployment

I've been trying to modify my application to deploy and update using ClickOnce. I've managed to get the program working but I'm having trouble with the program configuration. My program uses a custom XML configuration file located in the application directory. This raises 2 major problems. 1.) The configuration file is very hard to get ...

How do I deploy two ClickOnce versions simultaneously?

I would like the ability to have a test ClickOnce server for my applications where users can run both the production version and the test version in paralell. Is this possible? I first tried using the following in AssemblyInfo.cs and also changing the name in the ClickOnce deployment though all this achieved was overwriting the users pr...

Deploying using Setup project with update functionality of ClickOnce

Hi, I want to deploy a wpf client appllication, I need to allow the user to choose a directory for the install, eg. c:\program files\myapp. Unable to do this with clickonce, I need to use a setup project to deploy my app. How can I have the same update functionality as a ClicOnce app in my setup project? ie Have the app check an adddres...

ClickOnce File Association

I have a console application that I'm deploying using ClickOnce. Once the user installs the program the associations are set but the associated program is the installer(ClickOnce Application Deployment Support Library) and not the actual program. How can I get the association to be the actual program and not the installer? I've includ...

Automating Clickonce deployment with security ( certificates etc. ) such that client installs the application without any prompt.

Hi, I just read this --> Configuring ClickOnce Trusted Publishers and got it running at another computer on network. I deployed the application on network itself (i.e. \\abc\something ). Though I could not find certmgr.exe as part of Windows core component, as the article says ( ..so you will need to use the certificate management c...

Set registry key through ClickOnce installation

I need to add my application to the startup and hence, need to set the Registry Key with the Installation path. I have got this working through the Visual Studio Setup project but can't figure out how to do it through a ClickOnce deployment. Anyone know how to set registry keys when using ClickOnce for installation? ...

ClickOnce File will not associate on open from web browser download

I have a ClickOnce program that associates with a given extension and that works fine if the file is located on the file system. My problem comes in when this file is downloaded from a website. I have a web handler that prompts the user to Click to download the file. Upon clicking the link the user is presenter with an Open or Save Di...

Making a single ClickOnce installer for two applications

I am using Visual Studio C# 2008 Express Edition. I have a Solution that has several projects, most of which are class libraries but two of which are executable projects (a GUI and a command-line interface). Is there a good way to make a single ClickOnce installer that installs both of the executable projects? If I make one of the pro...

WPF and ClickOnce on Windows Embedded Standard 2009

Anyone knows if WPF and ClickOnce works on Windows Embedded Standard 2009 (WES)? I've understood that WES ships with .NET Framework 3.5, but it's not clear to me whether the above technologies are included. I'm guessing WPF will work, but I can't find any docs saying whether ClickOnce will work or not. ...

ClickOnce application deployment woes

I have a ClickOnce WPF application which is launched from a page on a web site. The URL parameters used to invoke the application tell the application what IP address to communicate with plus some authentication information. This "configuration" information is written to the registry for use in subsequent application execution in case ...

which certificate is used by smartclient application.

I have an .net smartclient application OA.Smart.WinUI. I have three .pfx files listed in this project OA.Smart.WinUI_1_TemporaryKey.pfx,OA.Smart.WinUI_2_TemporaryKey.pfx,OA.Smart.WinUI_TemporaryKey.pfx. I want to know which out of these three is being used by this application. I can just find the details by clicking signing tab in proper...

How to install Mike and Mary voices via ClickOnce on XP?

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ClickOnce Prerequisites not being published to webserver

I have generated a Bootstrapper Manifest using the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator tool. The Package has been successfully installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\ The package seems to have been successfully created as it shows up in the list of available prerequisites from the project's publish...

ClickOnce: DeploymentDownloadException: The operation has timed out

Symptom: ClickOnce installation starts and stops after around 600 kB (out of 2 MB). Progress bar always stops at the same value (tried ten times). Error log says that The operation has timed out (in inner exception) and fails with "DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)". Error log details (irrelevant information trimmed): ERR...

Change namespace of a deployed clickonce application

I made a bit of a namespace spelling mistake and I wish to correct it. My application currently uses Application.Settings to store a bulk of the user's information. If I refactor my namespace to be spelled correctly, will the application settings file essentially get wiped because it can't find the new namespace in it? ...

securing a clickonce update location

I've got an app that publishes and updates from an http update location (I publish to the ftp site of the host, and update from the website). The publish.htm page is very handy as I can install the app on any machine, anywhere without needing media. The problem is, so can anyone else. How can I secure the update location so that only au...

Using Clickonce Deployment with Background intelligent transfer service

Hey guys, We are thinking about the deployment and update strategy for a fairly large framework throughout our organization. The application will be in .NET 3.5 and will run on Windows XP, Vista and Win 7 machines. I have used Clickonce few times and it works well for sure. Has anyone thought of, or have implemented the BITS feature of...