#1 Won't install in Windows 7 Pro

[Peter Butterfield]

A problem with install on Windows 7 Pro, and one complaint.

COMPLAINT: Nothing warned me that installation would include the huge Microsoft .net 4 package, which my platform apparently did not have. I thought this was a lightweight little app, but seems not. The homepage on SourceForge should mention this prerequisite.

PROBLEM: Installation failed. Here is the error log:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.235
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.235 (RTMGDR.030319-2300)
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
dfshim.dll : 4.0.31106.0 (Main.031106-0000)

SOURCES
Deployment url : http://nuketech.webs.com/downloads.htm/Nuke%20Alarm%20Clock.application

ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://nuketech.webs.com/downloads.htm/Nuke%20Alarm%20Clock.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from http://nuketech.webs.com/downloads.htm/Nuke%20Alarm%20Clock.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ '--' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '>'. Line 81, position 5.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [8/11/2011 12:38:14 PM] : Activation of http://nuketech.webs.com/downloads.htm/Nuke%20Alarm%20Clock.application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [8/11/2011 12:38:53 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from http://nuketech.webs.com/downloads.htm/Nuke%20Alarm%20Clock.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Xml.XmlException
- '--' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '>'. Line 81, position 5.
- Source: System.Xml
- Stack trace:
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.DtdParser.ScanClosingTag()
at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseEntityDecl()
at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseSubset()
at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
at System.Xml.DtdParser.System.Xml.IDtdParser.ParseInternalDtd(IDtdParserAdapter adapter, Boolean saveInternalSubset)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDtd()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestValidatingReader.XmlFilteredReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlCharCheckingReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.