cannot install program onto other computers

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i have published a "preview" version of my winforms application, and i have put it out to 2 different computers. When I run the ClickOnce, it says cannot be installed, contact vendor, and the Setup file doesnt even run, it just shows the loading mouse for a tenth of a second and thats it, nothing in task manager, nothing. Can anyone help?

Here is the clickonce log:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 6.0.6002.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.4016 System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000) mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000) dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000) dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

SOURCES Deployment url : file:///C:/Users/testMachine/Desktop/Event%20Control.application

ERROR SUMMARY Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log. * Activation of C:\Users\testMachine\Desktop\Event Control.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected: + Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/Users/testMachine/Desktop/Event%20Control.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened. + Manifest XML signature is not valid. + SignatureDescription could not be created for the signature algorithm supplied.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS * [11/10/2013 21:40:23] : Activation of C:\Users\testMachine\Desktop\Event Control.application has started.

ERROR DETAILS Following errors were detected during this operation. * [11/10/2013 21:40:23] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse) - Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/Users/testMachine/Desktop/Event%20Control.application: 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, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl) 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 - SignatureDescription could not be created for the signature algorithm supplied. - Source: System.Security - Stack trace: at System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.SignedXml.CheckSignedInfo(AsymmetricAlgorithm key) at System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.SignedXml.CheckSignatureReturningKey(AsymmetricAlgorithm& signingKey) 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.

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You should run the executable from the bin/debug folder instead to install it to your machine(s). Do you have to make a ClickOnce deployment? - Brian
installshield doesnt seem to work for me, so yeah - tony b
When you compile the code though, an executable is created in your bin\debug folder that you can copy and take to any machine. Then you just need to run it. Also, what version of Visual Studio are you using? If you are using the full version, they have an installation wizard that you can use to build and MSI. - Brian
you mean using the publish function? ive tried and this is the error it puts out (the log i pasted) - tony b
right, i changed the digital signing key from 256 to 1, it worked, but now its throwing sql ce execptions everywhere! - tony b

1 Answers

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First, in the Signing tab for the project properties, be sure to sign your deployment, even if you just use a test certificate created by Visual Studio. Second, in the Security tab for the project properties, be sure you have ClickOnce security settings enabled. Also, are you editing any of the files after publishing them?

Also be sure your installation URL points to the same location as the deployment, whether it's local disk or a file share or a webserver.