SourceTree for Windows won't install

[Alexander Bird]

When I go to http://sourcetreeapp.com/ on a Windows 7 computer and download ST for Windows. The first time I ran the installer, I had to reboot. Every other time I run the installer, it gets about 40% through before it pops up an error saying something about corrupt files downloaded. When I click 'details' it gives me what I pasted below.

I'm on a Windows 7 Enterprise service pack 1 computer with Admin rights.

PLATFORM VERSION INFO

Windows: 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)

Common Language Runtime: 4.0.30319.17929

System.Deployment.dll: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL

clr.dll: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL

dfdll.dll: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL

dfshim.dll: 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)

SOURCES

Deployment url: http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/windows/SourceTree.application

Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat)

Deployment Provider url: http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/windows/SourceTree.application

Application url: http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/windows/Application%20Files/SourceTree_0_9_0_1/SourceTree.exe.manifest

Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat)

IDENTITIES

Deployment Identity: SourceTree.application, Version=0.9.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=81acde56111400aa, processorArchitecture=msil

Application Identity: SourceTree.exe, Version=0.9.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=81acde56111400aa, processorArchitecture=msil, 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 http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/windows/SourceTree.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:

+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file SourceTree.resources.dll: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.

+ File SourceTree.resources.dll is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.

+ File {0} is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY

No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS

There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS

* [3/19/2013 1:00:00 PM] : Activation of http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/windows/SourceTree.application has started.

* [3/19/2013 1:00:02 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.

* [3/19/2013 1:00:02 PM] : Installation of the application has started.

* [3/19/2013 1:00:05 PM] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.

* [3/19/2013 1:00:06 PM] : Found compatible runtime version 4.0.30319.

* [3/19/2013 1:00:06 PM] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS

Following errors were detected during this operation.

* [3/19/2013 1:00:51 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestLoad)

- Exception occurred loading manifest from file SourceTree.resources.dll: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.

- Source: System.Deployment

- Stack trace:

at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ManifestLoadExceptionHelper(Exception exception, String filePath)

at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.LoadFromInternalManifestFile(String filePath)

at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.ProcessDownloadedFile(Object sender, DownloadEventArgs e)

at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.DownloadModifiedEventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, DownloadEventArgs e)

at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)

at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()

at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)

at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)

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)

--- Inner Exception ---

System.IO.IOException

- File SourceTree.resources.dll is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.

- Source: System.Deployment

- Stack trace:

at System.Deployment.Application.PEStream.ConstructFromFile(String filePath, Boolean partialConstruct)

at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.LoadFromInternalManifestFile(String filePath)

--- Inner Exception ---

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception

- File {0} is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.

- Source: System.Deployment

- Stack trace:

at System.Deployment.Application.PEStream.DosHeader..ctor(FileStream file)

at System.Deployment.Application.PEStream.ConstructPEImage(FileStream file, Boolean partialConstruct)

at System.Deployment.Application.PEStream.ConstructFromFile(String filePath, Boolean partialConstruct)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS

No transaction information is available.

[stevestreeting · Accepted solution]

Please can you retry - unfortunately when a ClickOnce install gets interrupted somehow this kind of error can occur. In all cases I've seen so far, retrying resolved the issue.

[Alexander Bird]

I have tried three times so far. I can restart and try again, though. I'll let you know the results

[Alexander Bird]

I tried again today, and the install worked.