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I am getting this error while launching the application on device:

Error launching remote program: No such file or directory (/private/var/mobile/Applications/3E6A33F8-52EE-4A0B-AB9F-A122B7C42045/Test.app/Test)
James Webster
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Abhinav
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    Answer below, though popular, did not work for me. See my answer here: [Xcode 4 Error: Error Starting Executable](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5607154/xcode-4-error-error-starting-executable/7354557#7354557) – Sam Sep 08 '11 at 21:19

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First try restarting Xcode. If it doesn't work, then try hard reset of your device. This happens to me when I change the bundle identifier of my app.

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Aurum Aquila
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    Xcode restart should be enough. Make sure you quit and reopen xcode, not just close a project. :-P – k3a May 12 '11 at 20:56
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    All I had to do was restart XCode4. I didn't have to restart the device. – Heath Borders Aug 31 '11 at 19:43
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    restart XCode did the trick, great! PS: I also encountered this problem after changed the bundle ID. – springrider Oct 24 '11 at 15:05
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    Yes, all I had to do was restart xcode as well, and as springrider said, I recently changed the Bundle ID, which may have something to do with it. – tallen11 Nov 23 '11 at 15:45
  • Restarting xcode did the trick, thanks :) - I wonder why it never crossed my mind to try a xcode restart! – Veeru Jan 05 '12 at 08:08
  • can't believe it. restarting the xcode worked.. Turns out this could happen after changing bundle identifier. Thank – Ahmed Feb 18 '12 at 10:56
  • @VanDuTran because it's kinda sad in this day and age that we still have to restart Xcode (or any tool) for no justifiable reason. ;) – ettore Aug 02 '12 at 19:28
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With XCode 5 beta, an Hard reset of the device was needed to solve the problem.

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What finally fixed it for me was restarting the device (after doing everything else everyone recommends here, here Xcode 4 Error: Error Starting Executable here Xcode suddenly stopped running project on hardware: "Could not launch xxx.app: .. No such file.." and here Xcode Developer Preview: Cannot Run on Device

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If just restarting Xcode and the iPhone does not help, look at your provisioning profiles. Shift-Command-2 brings it up from within Xcode. You can then select the device and then provisioning profiles within that. Deleting your profiles (mine had numerous similar-looking entries created by Xcode) and then restarting Xcode and the iPhone clears the problem.

If your app is a background app you will need to manually delete the app before deploying the new version. For example, say you've an iBeacon aware app, and mark yourself as a background consumer of Bluetooth Low Energy then the OS keeps some record of your app even when it is not running. This record is not properly cleared out when a new version is deployed (iOS 7.0.4). That will cause the reported error, as well as hang the debug and deployment protocol to the handset. The handset will need a restart.

A hack to sidestep the problem is to change the bundle id of your app to something that the phone has not seen. Then it deploys to the handset as a newly seen app avoiding problems from references to the old app.

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This can also be caused by trying to deploy a target to a device which is not supported e.g. iPad app to iPhone. I got this cryptic message when I forgot to switch it to Universal app.

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It also happen when your Deployment Target is higher than your Device.

Lower it and it may work.

(thanks to Ian Kershaw, whose made me look around this field)

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What finally fixed for me was CLEANING(Command + Shift + K) the Xcode project...

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