Error Deploying Clickonce Application - Reference in the Manifest Does Not Match the Identity of the Downloaded Assembly

Error deploying ClickOnce application - Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded assembly

There was an issue with Visual Studio 2008 which is solved by not embedding the default manifest - one of the comments on that article suggests the problem still exists in Visual Studio 2010.

In project properties -> Application tab -> Resources -> checkbox Icon and manifest, the setting "Embed manifest with default settings" caused the problem. Setting it to "Create application without a manifest" fixes the problem.

Reference in the manifest does not match the identity... Error

I know this is old but I saw someone just upvoted the question so I am assuming they are having the same problem.

The error was coming from an exe file that I was trying to bundle with the application. The exe file itself was a third party exe and I think that was where the problem was (even though I know I have bundled with other exe's in the past). Maybe this one had some kind of write protection - I dont know.

Anyways, how I solved it was to take the exe out of the installation files and just include the file separately in a zip file. Then have some instructions about which folder the exe file needs to go. As long as they follow the instructions, everything works as if you've bundled it.

I hope that helps.

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