Error: Dep1560: Failed to read manifest file. It may need to be regenerated. Could not find a part of the path

Question

I am attempting to download and run an App from Skydrive shared to me by my Dev in Win8.  It builds fine in VS2012. However, I get the following error when I attempt to deploy it.

Error 2 Error : DEP1560 : Failed to read manifest file "C:\Users\<Dev Alias>\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\App1\Debug\App1\AppxManifest.xml". It may need to be regenerated. 
Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\<Dev Alias>\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\App1\Debug\App1\AppxManifest.xml'. App1

My App is in the D drive. There is no "Users" folder in C drive. 

I tried following the suggestions listed here - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithcsharp/thread/26b94553-ac87-4450-84ed-34daa1e706d0. 

1. I excluded the "temporaryKey.pfx" from the project

2. Built the project

3. Included the "temporaryKey.pfx" from the project

However, I continue to get the same error when attempting to deploy it. 

I would appreciate any suggestions on what's causing the error.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Is there an app with the same name on the deploy target? If so, then uninstall it and try deploying again.

Answer 2

That worked for me. Thank you!

Answer 3

Right Click the start up project. Click on Clean and then click on Rebuild. Now the deploy should work properly.

Answer 4

Solution for me. Delete folder bin/Debug and rebuild. 

Answer 5

Worked like a charm!

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Nitesh.
.Net |SharePoint Consultant
http://www.niteshluharuka.com