Saturday, September 29, 2012

Windows 8 App Deployment error 0x80073cf6

Today, I have experienced this deployment issue when trying to build and run my Windows 8 app:
[...] 0x80073cf6 See here for more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh973484.aspx
If you search the specifc error ID on the page, you'll see this reason:
The package can't be registered. Check the AppXDeployment-Server event log for more info.
There were indeed error messages in the event viewer. But I still hadn't found the solution.

I found out the solution by accident:
  1. Open the task manager
  2. Kill "explorer.exe" in the Details tab
  3. Restart "explorer.exe" via File->Run new task

5 comments:

  1. This doesn't seem to fix the problem in my case. I have the same symptom described above, but this is definitely not the resolution.

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    1. Have you tried restarting your PC or creating a new project in VS 2012?

      Which version of Windows 8 are you running?

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  2. that worked! gr8 thanks

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  3. how to create new project in vs 2012

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    1. Just create a new project as you would do for a new app. Then re-add all files and re-set all settings in the manifest (you could possibly copy the manifest's XML, too), etc. But that should only be the last option, i.e. if nothing else worked!

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