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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.