Failed to load the runtime error when deploying with ClickOnce

I have created a Windows Forms application with Visual Studio 2010 targeting .NET 2.0. I am deploying it using ClickOnce, and it has installed successfully on all machines except once. Most of our machines are Windows XP 64, and the application has installed on all of them except on this specific machine.

I have checked that this machine has .NET 2.0, 3.5 SP1 & 4.0. Yet the deployment fails with the following error:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO

Windows : 5.2.3790.131072 (Win32NT)

Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.1

System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)

clr.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)

dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)

dfshim.dll : 4.0.31106.0 (Main.031106-0000)

SOURCES

Deployment url : file:///WrpApp/WRPDatatEntry.application

Deployment Provider url : file:///WrpApp/WRPDatatEntry.application

Application url : file:///WrpApp/Application%20Files/WRPDatatEntry_0_2_1_4/WRPDatatEntry.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES

Deployment Identity : WRPDatatEntry.application, Version=0.2.1.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=dcbea49d7f78e494, processorArchitecture=x86

Application Identity : WRPDatatEntry.exe, Version=0.2.1.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=dcbea49d7f78e494, processorArchitecture=x86, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY

• Installable application.

ERROR SUMMARY

Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.

• Activation of \\WrpApp\WRPDatatEntry.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:

  • Failed to load the runtime. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131700)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY

No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS

There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS

• [6/30/2011 9:53:00 AM] : Activation of \\WrpApp\WRPDatatEntry.application has started.

• [6/30/2011 9:53:00 AM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.

• [6/30/2011 9:53:00 AM] : Installation of the application has started.

• [6/30/2011 9:53:00 AM] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.

• [6/30/2011 9:53:02 AM] : Found compatible runtime version 2.0.50727.

ERROR DETAILS

Following errors were detected during this operation.

• [6/30/2011 9:53:02 AM] System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

  • Failed to load the runtime. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131700)

  • Source: System.Deployment

  • Stack trace:

    at System.Deployment.Application.NativeMethods.IClrMetaHostPolicy.GetRequestedRuntime(MetaHostPolicyFlags policyFlags, String binaryPath, IStream configStream, StringBuilder version, Int32& versionLength, StringBuilder imageVersion, Int32& imageVersionLength, Int32& pdwConfigFlags, Guid interfaceId)

    at System.Deployment.Application.NativeMethods.GetAssemblyCacheInterface(String CLRVersionString, Boolean FetchRuntimeHost, CCorRuntimeHost& RuntimeHost)

    at System.Deployment.Application.PlatformDetector.VerifyPlatformDependencies(AssemblyManifest appManifest, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, String tempDir)

    at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)

    at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)

    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)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS

No transaction information is available.

How do I proceed?

There are numerous references to this error if you google the error code 0x80131700.

The resolution appears to be downloading and installing the latest .NET Framework. I know you've mentioned that you've already done that. Step #2 should be uninstall all of the .NET Frameworks and service packs that you can uninstall, restart the PC (if it doesn't force you to do so) and then re-install all of the Frameworks again.