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BUG: "Value does not fall within the expected range." error after installing VSTO 3.0 MSI package

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If you are getting "There was an error during installation. Value does not fall within the expected range." error along with following exception:

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range.
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Deployment.ClickOnceAddInDeploymentManager.GetManifests(TimeSpan timeout)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Deployment.ClickOnceAddInDeploymentManager.InstallAddIn()

and getting prompt as displayed below:

VSTO_MSI_ISSUE

Please make sure that, We are not using special character like "&" in the manufacturer property of the VSTO 3.0 Add-in MSI setup project.

In the above scenario we have Manufacturer Property value as “ABC & XYZ Inc” and we are getting exception as mentioned above when we start Outlook 2007 after installing add-in.

We can easily see from the snapshot that VSTO runtime is escaping "&" from the file path.

However, if we remove “&” from the Manufacturer Property value as “ABC XYZ Inc” add-in get installed and loaded as expected.

So, We should not use special character in the Manufacturer Property for VSTO 3.0 Add-ins MSI setup to workaround this bug.

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  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2008
    PingBack from http://mstechnews.info/2008/10/bug-value-does-not-fall-within-the-expected-range-error-after-installing-vsto-30-msi-package/
  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2010
    I know this article is old but I just wanted to say thanks anyway.  I ran into this problem in VS2010 while trying to deploy an Outlook 2007 adding setup project.  Removing the '&' definitely fixes the issue.  I'm surprised that there is no mention of this limitation nor is there any validation for the field to let a person know that the value will cause problems.
  • Anonymous
    September 20, 2011
    Thank soooo much.. ;)it solve my problem.
  • Anonymous
    March 06, 2012
    Thanks a lot.Got the same Exception but with a different module:System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range.  at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Deployment.ClickOnceAddInDeploymentManager.GetManifests(TimeSpan timeout)  at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Deployment.ClickOnceAddInDeploymentManager.InstallAddIn()I used an '&' in the install path like in the articel. Thanks for your help!!
  • Anonymous
    April 03, 2012
    Thank you! It helped me too.