Windows 10: ClickOnce Install failing with "The network path was not found"

We have users setup around the world. We have an app that is deployed via ClickOnce. For the majority of our users this app deploys and installs fine when they run the setup.exe from the server. However, one region is getting the error "the network path was not found".


Here is the error log servername.companyname below replacing actual server.name for privacy...


PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 10.0.17763.0 Win32NT
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.42000
System.Deployment.dll : 4.7.3190.0 built by: NET472REL1LAST_C
clr.dll : 4.7.3640.0 built by: NET472REL1LAST_C
dfdll.dll : 4.7.3190.0 built by: NET472REL1LAST_C
dfshim.dll : 10.0.17763.1 WinBuild.160101.0800

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://servername.companyname.com/ResourcePlanning/ResourcePlanningTool4WP.application
Deployment Provider url : file://servername/ResourcePlanning/ResourcePlanningTool4WP.application

ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\servername.companyname.com\ResourcePlanning\ResourcePlanningTool4WP.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://servername/ResourcePlanning/ResourcePlanningTool4WP.application did not succeed.
+ The network path was not found.

+ The network path was not found.

+ The network path was not found.


COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [06/10/2020 17:07:29] : Activation of \\servername.companyname.com\ResourcePlanning\ResourcePlanningTool4WP.application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [06/10/2020 17:07:32] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException Unknown subtype
- Downloading file://servername/ResourcePlanning/ResourcePlanningTool4WP.application did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFileDownloadQueueItem next
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.DownloadSubscriptionState subState, X509Certificate2 clientCertificate
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFileUri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectSubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.FollowDeploymentProviderUriSubscriptionStore subStore, AssemblyManifest& deployment, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypassSubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationUri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl, Uri& deploymentUri
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetryUri 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.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetryUri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorkerObject state
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- The network path was not found.

- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponseIAsyncResult asyncResult
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFileDownloadQueueItem next
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- The network path was not found.

- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctorFileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponseCallbackObject state
--- Inner Exception ---
System.IO.IOException
- The network path was not found.

- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOErrorInt32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath
at System.IO.FileStream.InitString path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost
at System.IO.FileStream..ctorString path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctorFileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctorFileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.


Since this works for most of our users but not this one group of users I'm a bit stuck as to what the problem could be. Any pointers or guidance would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,


John


PS - Not sure I've posted this in the correct forum - please move if not.

:)

 

Clickonce install fails with ARP entry in registry not found

Hi Pete,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Please follow the troubleshooting steps mentioned in Fix problems
that block programs from being installed or removed and check if this helps.



If you are still facing the same issue, then I suggest you to post query in
MSDN forums, where we have support professionals who are well equipped with the knowledge on ClickOnce application.



Hope it helps.

 

Add a path to $PATH?

what exactly do you need to decipher about that path line? also, what are you installing? perhaps i can help.

 

Add a path to $PATH?

Yeah, I think you're right. I think the purpose of the echo command was to check if ~/bin was in the $PATH file. My problem is that I can't decipher the output and I don't know how to add ~/bin to the $PATH file.

Just for clarification, the snippet of instructions I gave is just a few steps in the installation process. Nothing is actually supposed to be installed with those steps.

Thanks for the reply.