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I am trying to create ClickOnce deployment on Azure DevOps release pipeline I create signature, manifest, application, deploy files with certificate But how can I create the exe and setup file (via Azure DevOps release pipeline)

kadir kartal
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  • The steps to create the setup.exe is simple, you may also check the pics in [this issue](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58811775/how-to-publish-a-clickonce-application-with-azure-devops-pipeline-on-different-e) to learn which task you need for build and deploy it. – LoLance Mar 25 '20 at 06:28
  • Hi friend, is there any update for this issue? Feel free to let me know if the issue persists or not and I'm willing to help :) – LoLance Mar 26 '20 at 10:09
  • i have this error when i publish manually with clickonce "xxx.application.deploy did not succeed."I create .deploy files for all files except manifest and application files. – kadir kartal Mar 26 '20 at 13:28
  • Set the System.Debug=true and the run the pipeline again, then we can see the detailed log of this issue. Pelease consider sharing more details about your log in your question, I searched the error above but found nothing :( – LoLance Mar 27 '20 at 10:03
  • during pipeline there is no error,it is succeed.but after when i run program from .application i see this error xxx.application.deploy did not succeed.But i do not need .application.deploy file .I have application,manifest and several .deploy files – kadir kartal Mar 27 '20 at 16:00
  • If you run the command locally with files from your repos, what's the result? Can you share some details about your project structure and pipeline definitions, I can't reproduce same issue on my side :-( – LoLance Mar 30 '20 at 09:12

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But how can I create the exe and setup file (via Azure DevOps release pipeline)

Check document Build ClickOnce applications from the command line: Msbuild has Publish target to build and publish the ClickOnce application. It will generate the setup.exe you want. See similar hint here.

And all above is about doing that in local machine, to do similar job in release pipeline you can use msbuild task or Visual Studio Task with Publish target(/t:Publish as argument).

Then you'll get one app.publish folder where the files you want exist there:

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This folder can be used for your further deployment.

In addition:

If you meet error like Unable to find manifest signing certificate in the certificate store, please check the suggestions in this issue.

LoLance
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  • Hi Lance Li-MSFT, I just came across this post and your reply to it. It addresses a similar issue I'm having with a WPF app I'm trying to make available as a ClickOnce deployment from an Azure Pipeline. I've followed your instructions in my pipeline. Looking at the log of the last pipeline run, I see that a "bin\Release\app.publish" folder was built. But from there I don't understand how to get that copied over to some website, hosted in Azure, for coworkers to go to in order to run the Setup.exe. Could you help, please? – Rod Feb 09 '21 at 23:35