ClickOnce App Won't Start

[kelly.harrison]

I've got a client with a computer on which no ClickOnce app will start
when run with a URL command line. The OS is Win 2003 Server. If I try
to run an app directly from the user's cache (<user dir>\Local
Settings\Apps\2.0) it will work. My first thought was a permissions
issue. So I added the URL to the 'Trusted Computers' list and upped
the permissions for all apps on that list to Full Trust. Still no
luck. No error message, nothing in the event logs, just nothing.

I've tried uninstalling the apps as well - and I can't uninstall them.
Nothing happens when I try. I've also uninstalled/reinstalled the .NET
2.0 runtime.

Until recently, the machine had no problems running these apps. I've
enabled CLR logging, but it doesn't appear to contain any useful info:

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CLR Loading log for C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Log started at 4:15:06 PM on 8/15/2006
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Host supplied values (usually set via CorBindToRuntime)
-----------------------------------
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Default version of the runtime on the machine: v2.0.50727

Decided on runtime: v2.0.50727
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kelly Harrison
Small Business Software Shop

 

[kelly.harrison]

One other thing to note - when I try to run the app, the following
directory gets created:

<user dir>\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\4DZAQZWR.70L\B2MZRPP1.OEQ\manifests

If I delete the directory, another gets created when I start it next.
The directory is always empty.

-k

 

[Eric Cathell]

Sounds like you may be missing some prereqs from the computer you are
running the app from. I know you said that if you run it from the cache it
works...but if I remember right i think it actually executes from the
insance thats buried down deeper.

 

[kelly.harrison]

Except I can't even run the installer. I believe there's a systemic
problem here - I can't get *any* ClickOnce apps to run via a URL.

-k