Cannot open or download ctrader, cannot continue. the application is improperly formatted. contact application vendor of assistance.
            Cannot open or download ctrader, cannot continue. the application is improperly formatted. contact application vendor of assistance.
            
                 08 Nov 2020, 15:08
            
                    
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
    Windows             : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
    Common Language Runtime     : 4.0.30319.42000
    System.Deployment.dll         : 4.8.3761.0 built by: NET48REL1
    clr.dll             : 4.8.4069.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
    dfdll.dll             : 4.8.3761.0 built by: NET48REL1
    dfshim.dll             : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)
SOURCES
    Deployment url            : http://octafx.ctrader.com/xTrader.application
ERROR SUMMARY
    Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
    * Activation of http://octafx.ctrader.com/xTrader.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
        + Exception reading manifest from http://octafx.ctrader.com/xTrader.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
        + DTD is prohibited in this XML document.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
    No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
    There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
    * [08/11/2020 20:01:42] : Activation of http://octafx.ctrader.com/xTrader.application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
    Following errors were detected during this operation.
    * [08/11/2020 20:01:42] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
        - Exception reading manifest from http://octafx.ctrader.com/xTrader.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
        - Source: System.Deployment
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
            at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
            at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl, Uri& deploymentUri)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
            at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
        --- Inner Exception ---
        System.Xml.XmlException
        - DTD is prohibited in this XML document.
        - Source: System.Xml
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
            at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
            at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
            at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestValidatingReader.XmlFilteredReader.Read()
            at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
            at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
    No transaction information is available.

PanagiotisCharalampous
09 Nov 2020, 08:59
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