Failed Windows App Certification Kit's validation test

Question

I have a Microsoft Store App about ready to go, but it failed one of the Windows App Certification Kit’s validation tests – here’s the error message I got:

<TEST INDEX="43" NAME="Performance launch" DESCRIPTION="Application should have a responsive launch time with reasonable CPU, File IO and Memory usage" EXECUTIONTIME="00h:00m:02s.33ms" NGENFailed="TRUE">

<RESULT><![CDATA[FAIL]]></RESULT>

<MESSAGES>

<MESSAGE TEXT="The Native Image Generator failed" />

</MESSAGES>

</TEST>

Here’s some information I found on the internet about how to find the problem:

Procedure to identify the executable file that is failing

1. Search the following folder for the log file from the performance tests by using "Performance_Test__trace_Launch*.txt" as a wild-card search:

%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\appcertkit

2. To identify the file that caused the problem, search the log file for the "[NGenTest]ERROR" string.

Here’s a portion of the appcertKit folder showing the errors I found therein:

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:The app 39755robertagans.mygodisreal_1.0.0.0_neutral__hdqdjns1qykr0 is not in running state.

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]PackageFullName value is : 39755robertagans.mygodisreal_1.0.0.0_neutral__hdqdjns1qykr0

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]32 Bit Ngen - C:\Users\Robert\Documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\Apps Windows Store\MyGodIsReal\MyGodIsReal\bin\Release\AppX\MyGodIsReal.exe

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]NGen Command: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe install "C:\Users\Robert\Documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\Apps Windows Store\MyGodIsReal\MyGodIsReal\bin\Release\AppX\MyGodIsReal.exe" /NoDependencies /noroot /version:v4.0.30319 /package:"39755robertagans.mygodisreal_1.0.0.0_neutral__hdqdjns1qykr0" /localappdata:"C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Packages\39755robertagans.mygodisreal_hdqdjns1qykr0\AC" /nologo

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]NGen Command Output:

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]ERROR:  GetCorSvcBindToUnregisteredWorker failed because the worker process died with errorcode -2147221168

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]Uninstalling assembly C:\Users\Robert\Documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\Apps Windows Store\MyGodIsReal\MyGodIsReal\bin\Release\AppX\MyGodIsReal.exe because of an error during compilation: Worker exited unexpectedly during startup (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131F04).

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]Worker exited unexpectedly during startup (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131F04)

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]NGen Command Output end

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]ERROR: Failure while compiling: C:\Users\Robert\Documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\Apps Windows Store\MyGodIsReal\MyGodIsReal\bin\Release\AppX\MyGodIsReal.exe

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[NGenTest]Error occurred while generating compiling at least one assembly.

Invoking method [Cleanup]

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[Performance::Cleanup]Restoring system power configuration.

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[SystemConfigure::Cleanup]Setting original guid: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e to active.

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[ProcessAction::Run]Starting Run of: powercfg with arguments -S 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:00 PM INFO:[ProcessAction::WaitForExit]Waiting for exit with timeout of 10000

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:01 PM INFO:[ProcessAction::WaitForExit]Exitcode: 0

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:01 PM INFO:[SystemConfigure::Cleanup]Deleting duplicate guid.

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:01 PM INFO:[ProcessAction::Run]Starting Run of: powercfg with arguments -DELETE 4b90f9b4-4db4-43b0-9b37-7fe7ca4d15e1

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:01 PM INFO:[ProcessAction::WaitForExit]Waiting for exit with timeout of 10000

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:01 PM INFO:[ProcessAction::WaitForExit]Exitcode: 0

program Information: 0 : 1/10/2013 12:35:01 PM INFO:[SystemConfigure::Cleanup]Reseting screen saver.

Does this suggest to anyone what I need to do to correct this error?

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Robert Agans

Answer 1

Hi,

Would you please provide us the whole codes to reproduce this issue,

You can upload your project to SkyDrive
http://skydrive.live.com/

It is not necessary that you send out the whole of your project. We just need a simplest sample to reproduce the problem. You can remove any confidential information or business details from it.

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang
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Answer 2

Hi Jesse,

I just uploaded 12 files from my app to Robert Agans' SkyDrive.

Thanks for the response.

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Robert Agans

Answer 3

Hi Jesse,

I'm entering this reply to let you people know that I have given-up on trying to build a Microsoft Windows store app until they come up with easier platforms to work with.  therefore, I will mark this reply as the answer.

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Robert Agans