I am running Windows 7 Professional on a Dell PC with 8GB RAM. Occasionally, an error message pops up, titled “Cannot Start Application.” The box says, “Cannot continue. The application is improperly formatted. Contact the application vendor for assistance.” It happens when I have not tried to start any application, at least, not intentionally. Usually, it will duplicate itself several times, no matter whether I click “OK”, the “X” to close it, or “Details.” Eventually, it stops reappearing.
If I click “Details”, I get a log like this:
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.18444
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.34244 built by: FX452RTMGDR
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.18444 built by: FX451RTMGDR
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.34244 built by: FX452RTMGDR
dfshim.dll : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)
SOURCES
Deployment url : http://www.impressionway.com/creative/2-002138517-00001i;size=728×90;tag_id=9748;sub_id=1754;ref=INSERT_REFERRER_HERE;cb=INSERT_CACHEBUSTER_HERE
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://www.impressionway.com/creative/2-002138517-00001i;size=728×90;tag_id=9748;sub_id=1754;ref=INSERT_REFERRER_HERE;cb=INSERT_CACHEBUSTER_HERE resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from http://www.impressionway.com/creative/2-002138517-00001i;size=728×90;tag_id=9748;sub_id=1754;ref=INSERT_REFERRER_HERE;cb=INSERT_CACHEBUSTER_HERE: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ An error occurred while parsing EntityName. Line 1, position 48.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [12/24/2014 11:05:44 AM] : Activation of http://www.impressionway.com/creative/2-002138517-00001i;size=728×90;tag_id=9748;sub_id=1754;ref=INSERT_REFERRER_HERE;cb=INSERT_CACHEBUSTER_HERE has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [12/24/2014 11:05:48 AM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
– Exception reading manifest from http://www.impressionway.com/creative/2-002138517-00001i;size=728×90;tag_id=9748;sub_id=1754;ref=INSERT_REFERRER_HERE;cb=INSERT_CACHEBUSTER_HERE: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
– Source: System.Deployment
– Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
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)
— Inner Exception —
System.Xml.XmlException
– An error occurred while parsing EntityName. Line 1, position 48.
– Source: System.Xml
– Stack trace:
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEntityName()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributeValueSlow(Int32 curPos, Char quoteChar, NodeData attr)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestValidatingReader.XmlFilteredReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlCharCheckingReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
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Can anybody shed some light on what is happening?
Thanks.
