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ClickOnce publish to file share tries to create a web site location

I am following the instruction to publish with ClickOnce to a file share as specified here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/31kztyey(v=VS.100).aspx

In the section titled "To publish to a file share" I did the following:

1.In Solution Explorer, select the application project
2.On the Build menu, click Publish Projectname
3.In the Where do you want to publish the application? page, enter a valid file path using the format
4.In the How will users install the application? page, select the location where users will go to install the application
    I selected From a UNC path or file share
5.On the Will the application be available offline? page, click the appropriate option
    I selected Yes, this application will be available online or offline
6.Click Finish to publish the application

when I follow these instructions verbatim, I get the following error:

Failed to connect to '\\myserver\myshare\myproject\myprojecPublish\' with the following error: Unable to create the Web site '\\myserver\myshare\myproject\myprojecPublish'.  Unable to create the Web site location '\\myserver\myshare\myproject\myprojecPublish'.  Access is denied.

Why does it try to create a web site location when I'm trying to publish to a file share?

Solution

  • No joy. Had to abandon ClickOnce.