Hello to all.
When I try to install the application, I get the error:
"Unable to activate the application. Please contact the application publisher".
I get this error on machines with Windows 98. With Windows XP everything works OK.
I useVisual Studio.NET 2005 BETA 2.
Thanks for answers.
Bojan

Error: Unable to activate the application
Jeff Abraham
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 4.10.67766446.0 (Win32Windows)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50215.44
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
dfdll.dll : 8.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50531.0 (lab22dev.050531-0000)
SOURCES
Deployment url : http://adria4/PublishSelitev/Selitev.application
Server : Microsoft-IIS/5.0
X-Powered-By : ASP.NET
Deployment Provider url : http://adria4/PublishSelitev/Selitev.application
IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : Selitev.application, Version=1.0.0.59, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=9278471832f30c8a, processorArchitecture=msil
APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Installable application.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://adria4/PublishSelitev/Selitev.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [13 jul 2005 07:55:29 +02:00] : Activation of http://adria4/PublishSelitev/Selitev.application has started.
* [13 jul 2005 07:55:41 +02:00] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [13 jul 2005 07:55:41 +02:00] : Installation of the application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [13 jul 2005 07:55:41 +02:00] System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
- Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
TIA, Bojan
dinzana
Can you please post the full exception. Click on the details button and you will get that.
mNilysg
I also got this error once, and could not find any solution, a simple reinstall of the vs2005 worked for me
Kunal