ClickOnce Deployment Updating

[NickP]

Hi there,

I have an application that I deploy via ClickOnce. It deploys fine the
first time, but when updating it doesn't always work and the only way to fix
it is to uninstall and the install the application again from scratch.
Sometimes it does upgrade successfully though, it's very hit and miss. Once
it has apparently finished upgrading the files, launching the main exe just
fails before it even gets started, as if it has got something wrong during
the upgrade.

Any ideas what could cause this? And btw, I'm using VS 2005 and VB.NET.

Nick.

[Harry]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

"NickP" <a@a.comwrote in message
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Hi there,
>
I have an application that I deploy via ClickOnce. It deploys fine the
first time, but when updating it doesn't always work and the only way to
fix it is to uninstall and the install the application again from scratch.
Sometimes it does upgrade successfully though, it's very hit and miss.
Once it has apparently finished upgrading the files, launching the main
exe just fails before it even gets started, as if it has got something
wrong during the upgrade.
>
Any ideas what could cause this? And btw, I'm using VS 2005 and VB.NET.
>
Nick.
>

Are you getting any error messages?

[NickP]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hi there,

Indeed,

+ A device attached to the system is not functioning (Exception from
HRESULT: 0x8007001F)

Which is odd because I have no idea what device this is referring to. I
have an external hard drive which is connected and powered on but has never
been part of the equation. :-\

Nick.

"Harry" <harryNoSpam@ff apaysmart.com.a uwrote in message
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"NickP" <a@a.comwrote in message
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>Hi there,
>>
> I have an application that I deploy via ClickOnce. It deploys fine
>the first time, but when updating it doesn't always work and the only way
>to fix it is to uninstall and the install the application again from
>scratch. Sometimes it does upgrade successfully though, it's very hit and
>miss. Once it has apparently finished upgrading the files, launching the
>main exe just fails before it even gets started, as if it has got
>something wrong during the upgrade.
>>
> Any ideas what could cause this? And btw, I'm using VS 2005 and
>VB.NET.
>>
>Nick.
>>

>
Are you getting any error messages?
>

[Harry]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

"NickP" <a@a.comwrote in message
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Hi there,
>
Indeed,
>
+ A device attached to the system is not functioning (Exception from
HRESULT: 0x8007001F)
>
Which is odd because I have no idea what device this is referring to.
I have an external hard drive which is connected and powered on but has
never been part of the equation. :-\
>
Nick.
>
"Harry" <harryNoSpam@ff apaysmart.com.a uwrote in message
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>"NickP" <a@a.comwrote in message
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>>Hi there,
>>>
>> I have an application that I deploy via ClickOnce. It deploys fine
>>the first time, but when updating it doesn't always work and the only
>>way to fix it is to uninstall and the install the application again from
>>scratch. Sometimes it does upgrade successfully though, it's very hit
>>and miss. Once it has apparently finished upgrading the files, launching
>>the main exe just fails before it even gets started, as if it has got
>>something wrong during the upgrade.
>>>
>> Any ideas what could cause this? And btw, I'm using VS 2005 and
>>VB.NET.
>>>
>>Nick.
>>>

>>
>Are you getting any error messages?
>>

>
>

Nick, try a google with "A device attached to the system is not functioning
(Exception from
HRESULT: 0x8007001F)". There are many ideas on what may cause this problem.
It may also be an idea to run the sfc (system file checker) utility.

[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your reply and detailed information!

I searched in our internal database and found a similar issue in it. It
says that this appears to be a store corruption issue. If this is appearing
on only one machine, have a try to delete the following directory:

%userprofile%\l ocal settings\apps

and see if that corrects the problem.

I also found a post in the Microsoft forum that describes the similar
issue. You may visit the following link to get more detailed information:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2582302&SiteID=1

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

[NickP]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

whoah! that's odd, this post has only just appeared for me! haha strange...
I got your reply to this one before...

Cheers Linda, I shall give that a try! :)

Nick.

"Linda Liu[MSFT]" <v-lliu@online.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
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Hi Nick,
>
Thank you for your reply and detailed information!
>
I searched in our internal database and found a similar issue in it. It
says that this appears to be a store corruption issue. If this is
appearing
on only one machine, have a try to delete the following directory:
>
%userprofile%\l ocal settings\apps
>
and see if that corrects the problem.
>
I also found a post in the Microsoft forum that describes the similar
issue. You may visit the following link to get more detailed information:
>

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2582302&SiteID=1

>
Hope this helps.
>
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
>

[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your reply!

If you publish the newer verion of the application using Visual Studio, the
project is rebuilt and all files within it are marked as changed, which
means that when upgrading, the entire application is downloaded and
installed on the client machine.

If possible, I suggest that you have a try on another machine to see if the
problem still exists.

You may also send me a simple project that could just reproduce the
problem. To get my actual email address, remove 'online' from my displayed
email address.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

[NickP]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hey Linda,

The problem only seems to exist on one computer that I have noticed so
far. Also in regard to publishing, I have found that I *must* run a clean
first, the publish straight after as if I don't do this, sometimes Visual
Studio doesn't rebuild the entire solution and uploads a new version of the
EXE but not the supporting DLL, this isn't what's effecting updating though
of course.

I'll email you a link to the app directly.

Nick.

"Linda Liu[MSFT]" <v-lliu@online.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
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Hi Nick,
>
Thank you for your reply!
>
If you publish the newer verion of the application using Visual Studio,
the
project is rebuilt and all files within it are marked as changed, which
means that when upgrading, the entire application is downloaded and
installed on the client machine.
>
If possible, I suggest that you have a try on another machine to see if
the
problem still exists.
>
You may also send me a simple project that could just reproduce the
problem. To get my actual email address, remove 'online' from my displayed
email address.
>
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
>

[NickP]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hi Linda,

RE: My last email stating that I thought that the problem had been
resolved by disabling the UAC, unfortunately that is not correct, although I
have located the exact cause of the issue.

I recieve the error during updating if I have my USB hard drive attached
and powered up. Even though the ClickOnce installer doesn't go anywhere
near the drive and it is certainly not failing.

All I can say is that it is a bug with ClickOnce.

Nick.

"Linda Liu[MSFT]" <v-lliu@online.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
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Hi Nick,
>
Thank you for your reply!
>
If you publish the newer verion of the application using Visual Studio,
the
project is rebuilt and all files within it are marked as changed, which
means that when upgrading, the entire application is downloaded and
installed on the client machine.
>
If possible, I suggest that you have a try on another machine to see if
the
problem still exists.
>
You may also send me a simple project that could just reproduce the
problem. To get my actual email address, remove 'online' from my displayed
email address.
>
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
>

[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your feeback and new findings!

Do you mean that the problem doesn't exist when the UAC feature on the
client machine is disabled and the USB hard drive isn't attached to the
client machine?

I suggest that you file a feeback about this issue in the Microsoft Connect
web site:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Feedback

Thank you for your contribution to the production of Microsoft!

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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[NickP]

Re: ClickOnce Deployment Updating

Hi Linda,

The problem exists on both machines only when the external USB hard
drive is attached and turned on, regardless of the state of the UAC.

Basically what I do now, is every time I update the application I switch
off the drive and it works fine. Of course this is *not* an option for the
end user so I am pretty keen to get to the bottom of this and find a
resolution.

I'll file some feedback to the site as you suggest, cheers Linda.

Nick.

"Linda Liu[MSFT]" <v-lliu@online.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
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Hi Nick,
>
Thank you for your feeback and new findings!
>
Do you mean that the problem doesn't exist when the UAC feature on the
client machine is disabled and the USB hard drive isn't attached to the
client machine?
>
I suggest that you file a feeback about this issue in the Microsoft
Connect
web site:
>

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Feedback

>
Thank you for your contribution to the production of Microsoft!
>
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
>
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
msdnmg@microsof t.com.
>
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>