OK, this is not a ClickOnce problem (that I know of, at least), nor is it a Windows Forms problem. But there wasn't any other forum I could find here which was for my question, and this forum seemed to be the only one close enough to matter.

I'm working my way through the MSDN walkthrough, "Walkthrough: Creating a Windows Service Application in the Component Designer". And I've run into a problem I can't get past. (I had another problem with the documentation not renaming the class, but I worked around that.) In the walkthrough where it instructs you to add a custom action to the setup project, on step #4 it says, "In Solution Explorer, right-click the MyServiceSetup project and click Build." When I do that I get the following error message:

"Could not find required file 'setup.bin' in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Engine'."

I checked, and sure enough, the setup.bin file isn't there. Nor is it anywhere at all under my C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\* directory structure. So, where is it or how do I get it?

This might be the fake virus issue. Some AV programs report that setup.bin is a virus and quarantine it. Check your AV scanner and see if it's quarantined somewhere.

This might be the fake virus issue. Some AV programs report that setup.bin is a virus and quarantine it. Check your AV scanner and see if it's quarantined somewhere.

That was it!! Thank you, Phil, for suggesting that. I remember, now, that while I was installing SP1 for VS 2008, my AVG 8.0 did identify that file as a "virus" and quarentined it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I could not find the missing file in the location it requested, and also could not find it in my virus vault.

I ended up reinstalling Visual Studio 2008 to resolve the issue, and then applying service pack 1.

Exellent !! Many thanks!!!!

Thank you VERY much. Sure enough, AVG Free had said that setup.bin was a Backdoor Trojan. I was able to restore it from my Virus Vault and immediately rebuild my solution.

i am getting the same error and i have check there is the file located..but it fails to read and show me the error

error ::
could not find the required file setup.bin at c:\Program files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Engine

I see the file, don't have an antivirus installed, the file is there, the error doesn't say C:\Program Files\... it just reades \Bootstrapper\Engine. Is there anywhere else that would be located?

@Blacktone ::
thanx..i am trying it on x86 box.(vista installed) using Visual studio 2008.i scan this file(setup.bin) with my anti virus..it is not showing and infection
but when i tried to build the solution using command

MSBuild test.wixproj

it show me the error.and not build a setup.exe file.. i think it is not the problem of wix,because i tried it without wix also as given in link below :

http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=Deploying_Additional_Components

i added a path variable into it.which is the location i mentioned ..it still show me the same error.i couldnt find where is the problem..
i just want a bootstrapper for my application which check and install my prerequisites..if u have any other option please suggest me.