The reference in the deployment does not match the identity defined in the application manifest..

when you occur issue "The reference in the deployment does not match the identity defined in the application manifest" in Click once deployment with VS 2008/VS2010. please reference the following steps.

Scope:

Winform or WPF application:


Steps:

1. Create a solution with two Windows Application projects, WinAppA and WinAppB.

2. Set WinAppA as publish project and add a reference to the WinAppB.

3. Open WinAppB properties window.

4. Click Signing tab, sign the ClickOnce manifests.

5. Click Security tab, enable the ClickOnce security settings.

6. Publish the WinAppA, publish well.

7. Test published WinAppA, it works well.