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ClickOnce Deployment Failing Due To File Association
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Justin
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We have a WPF application internally deployed to a fileshare that has 1 file association. It has been working great for a long time, but after an update we pushed today, the ClickOnce installer throws an error. The file is no longer associated and the installer kept throwing the error until the File Association was completely removed. We need this file association however so we aren't sure what to do. We didn't change anything regarding file association or deployment options so we aren't sure why this issue randomly started.
The error below makes it appear that the installer can no longer access the registry. Any suggestions as to what is causing this?
We are using VS2017's built in file association tool located under Publish->Options.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [12/8/2020 6:41:37 PM] System.UnauthorizedAccessException
- Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str)
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.SetValue(String name, Object value, RegistryValueKind valueKind)
at System.Deployment.Application.ShellExposure.AddFileAssociation(FileAssociation fileAssociation, DefinitionIdentity subId, Uri deploymentProviderUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.ShellExposure.AddShellExtensions(DefinitionIdentity subId, Uri deploymentProviderUri, AssemblyManifest appManifest)
at System.Deployment.Application.ShellExposure.UpdateShellExtensions(SubscriptionState subState, ShellExposureInformation& shellExposureInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.ShellExposure.UpdateSubscriptionShellExposure(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CommitApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, CommitApplicationParams commitParams)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ConsumeUpdatedDeployment(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentUpdate(SubscriptionState& subState, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ProcessOrFollowShortcut(String shortcutFile, String& errorPageUrl, TempFile& deployFile)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl, Uri& deploymentUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
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DaisyTian-1203 11,626 Reputation points2020-12-09T07:37:57.48+00:00 @Justin Is there any file association in your old version of your project? Did you add it in your new version project? If you add File Association in the new updated version, could you give me the implement details?
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Justin 21 Reputation points
2020-12-09T19:23:53.693+00:00 Hi @DaisyTian-MSFT
The file association already existed between old and new projects and did not change. I did discover a few things though.
- I uninstalled the ClickOnce app, and completely removed remaining files from the AppData folders. I then went to install the app again and it worked (with file association added back in). This only worked after removing the AppData contents.
- When I went to do the same on another machine it failed. We have replicated desktops and I tried the install on the other machine under my user account. Is it possible the update started failing when I updated the app on both machines due to some replication issue?
This seems odd though. Why would AppData issues cause failure during call to the registry? It's definitely something with the installed contents in AppData though as removing it cause everything to install correctly.
One last thing. After the install fails I can open the app still. The file association is the only thing failing.
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Justin 21 Reputation points
2020-12-10T16:24:03.207+00:00 The issue seems to have only effected our users that work off multiple machines thus far (normally one in the office and one for remote work). This may be purely coincidental though.
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