Hi All,

I don't know if this is a serious problem or if it is a quick fix.

I have successfully published a Windows App from my development PC to a file share on the network. I began the installation of the app from a client machine and everything went fine, installed all the prerequisites (.NET 2.0, Windows Installer3) and then the following error was displayed:

The following error occurred attempting to install C:\Documents and Settings\comp\Desktop\app.application

"The System cannot find the specified file"


The target machine is running Windows XP Pro SP2.

Is this a setting that I setup during the publishing process? Should the setup.exe be run from it's current location or saved and then run?

Thanks

P.S.

Here is the log file entry that that is created when the error occurs

The following properties have been set:
Property: [AdminUser] = true {boolean}
Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = Intel {string}
Property: [VersionNT] = 5.1.2 {version}
Running checks for package '.NET Framework 2.0', phase BuildList
Running external check with command line "C:\DOCUME~1\scanco\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD3.tmp\dotnetfx\dotnetchk.exe"
Process exited with code 1
Setting value '1 {int}' for property 'DotNetInstalled'
Reading value 'Version' of registry key 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer'
Read string value '6.0.2900.2180'
Setting value '6.0.2900.2180 {string}' for property 'IEVersion'
The following properties have been set for package '.NET Framework 2.0':
Property: [DotNetInstalled] = 1 {int}
Property: [IEVersion] = 6.0.2900.2180 {string}
Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\instmsia.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'VersionNT': true
Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\instmsia.exe' is 'Bypass'
Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'Version9x': false
Result of running operator 'VersionLessThan' on property 'VersionNT' and value '5.0.3': false
Result of running operator 'VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo' on property 'VersionMsi' and value '3.0': true
Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' is 'Bypass'
Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'DotNetInstalled' and value '0': true
Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe' is 'Bypass'
'.NET Framework 2.0' RunCheck result: No Install Needed
Running checks for package 'Windows Installer 3.1', phase BuildList
The following properties have been set for package 'Windows Installer 3.1':
Running checks for command 'WindowsInstaller3_1\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe'
Result of running operator 'VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo' on property 'VersionMsi' and value '3.1': true
Result of checks for command 'WindowsInstaller3_1\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' is 'Bypass'
'Windows Installer 3.1' RunCheck result: No Install Needed
Launching Application.
Running command 'C:\Documents and Settings\scanco\Desktop\RandAirFDocSelector.application' with arguments ''
ShellExecuteEx failed with error code 2
Error: The following error occurred attempting to install 'C:\Documents and Settings\scanco\Desktop\RandAirFDocSelector.application':
"The system cannot find the file specified. "

Do you know how one includes other files like txt, csv, xml etc when you publish a project? I need to include these files when doin a publish of a project so that they run on the client machines.

You add them to the main project right click, make sure they are content files and copy always is selected, then on the publish page to the files and make sure they are data files. Your application can get to these files using System.Windows.Forms.Application.LocalUserAppDataPath

Don't quite understand what you mean by this. Could you explain a little clearer for me as to how I include other files as part of a publish so that they are run on the client machine.

Thanks