How to Fix “Cannot Publish Because a Project Failed to Build” error

The Problem: You attempt to publish your C# ClickOnce application in Visual Studio 2010, but you get the “How to Fix “Cannot Publish Because a Project Failed to Build” error” error. There are no syntax errors.

The Cause: No idea

The Solution: Simply right click on the solution in the Solution Explorer, and click “Publish” – no idea why that works, but it does.

photo credit: sarnil

 

This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this post has been moved to the Digital Tool Factory blog

 

Written By Steve French

 

This entry was posted on Friday, October 1st, 2010 at 7:37 pmand is filed under How To Fix . You can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “How to Fix “Cannot Publish Because a Project Failed to Build” error”

1. Gustavo Mansilia says:

   January 14, 2011 at 8:53 am

   Thanks for this tip! This nonsense error was annoying me a lot!

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2. Ricardo says:

   March 29, 2011 at 10:19 am

   The reason is a bug that Microsoft states that will not be solved in VS 2010.

   http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/551674/vs-2010-rtm-returns-error-cannot-publish-because-a-project-failed-to-build-even-though-solution-builds-fine

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3. Amila says:

   October 25, 2011 at 12:33 am

   Thanks lot for the help.it worked for me

   Reply
4. Gustavo Piccin says:

   January 13, 2012 at 3:56 pm

   The Cause: No idea! Realy!

   But this work! Thanks!

   Reply
5. Philip says:

   January 29, 2012 at 5:53 pm

   Thanks for the help! I was attempting to publish from the Project Designer window, rather than the Wizard, as Microsoft’s solution notes.

   Reply
6. Marcelo Dias says:

   March 19, 2012 at 7:55 pm

   kkkkkkkkkkk, funcionou pra mim também!!!!

   Reply

 

 

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