Generate Activation Context failed .. operation completed successfully.

Question

Some users on some machines can sporadically not launch a click-once application. There are no messages or errors presented to the user. Occasionally, a message will show up in the event log:

 

Event Type:     Error

Event Source:  SideBySide

Event Category:          None

Event ID:        59

Date:               5/23/2007

Time:               10:49:44 AM

User:                N/A

Computer:       COMPUTERNAME

Description:

Generate Activation Context failed for C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp\Deployment\XOZH4M45.EVY\P6ED1JBC.21Z\GT2YQEBH.VQV\8J2XDV5X.LJA.manifest. Reference error message: The operation completed successfully.

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COMPUTERNAME and USERNAME are placeholders, but you get the idea.

 

As you might imagine, this doesn't help me at all. Has anyone seen this? I have checked:

Internet Explorer security settings

MIME types on the client

Application manifest issues

Required prerequisites

 

I'm not sure where to go from here. Has anyone seen this?

Answer 1

Microsoft Support suggested switching the user's profile. That didn't work either, so they're going to rebuild the machine. It's not the preferred method, obviously.

Answer 2

I was getting a similar problem (same error message but with different files...and there was an Error 32 in the Event Log as well)

Installing the VC++ redistributable package solved my problems, perhaps it will do the same for you

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en

Answer 3

Sandeep Sinha wrote:

It's really helpful. I was facing the same problem and the solution, provided by Dan Krasinski, resolved.Below link is relly helpful: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en

Answer 4

I have the same problem with a VS Basic 2008 program I'm trying to deploy.

I tried installing the VC++ VS2005 redistributale, and it didn't make any difference.  I still get the same message as the one stated in the opening post.

Answer 5

You may want to try Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en