I have a click once application with no minimum required version in the manifest and yet I am getting this error below. How can I resolve this issue? What could be causing this? I had the user uninstall the application and then install it by giving them the production URL.
APPLICATION SUMMARY
- Installable application.
- Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
- Activation of http://myapplication.com/setup/SCMS.TAMS.App.application?token=c822256b-b97f-94ba-11e1-12017cbb23f4&JPORT=33333 resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
- Cannot activate a deployment with earlier version than the current minimum required version of the application.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
- [11/18/2011 10:22:20 AM] : Activation of http://myapplication.com/setup/SCMS.TAMS.App.application?token=c822256b-b97f-94ba-11e1-12017cbb23f4&JPORT=33333 has started.
- [11/18/2011 10:22:21 AM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
- [11/18/2011 10:22:21 AM] : Installation of the application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [11/18/2011 10:22:21 AM] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentException (SubscriptionState)
– Cannot activate a deployment with earlier version than the current minimum required version of the application.
– Source: System.Deployment
– Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckMinimumRequiredVersion(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployment)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckDeploymentSubscriptionState(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployment)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
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)
I found out what the problem was. We have two load balanced servers and one of them had the prior version of the application. The users were bouncing between servers and sometimes getting the wrong version.