App crash on startup - BEX

[GeekJosh]

My app is installed successfully and can be executed from the version folder with no problem, updates work as expected.

However, trying to launch the app from the shortcut created by Squirrel causes the app to instantly crash with a BEX exception.

Any ideas how to fix this?

[GeekJosh]

It turns out the issue was related to Revision numbers as per this existing issue: #892

If anyone else is using a build script to generate new NuGet packages, this alternative method will drop the revision number from the package:

<Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
    <GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
      <Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="myAssemblyInfo" />
    </GetAssemblyIdentity>
	<PropertyGroup>
		<Version>@(myAssemblyInfo->'%(Version)')</Version>
	</PropertyGroup>
	<ItemGroup>
		<Version Include="$(Version)" />
		<Major Include="$(Version.Split('.')[0])" />
		<Minor Include="$(Version.Split('.')[1])" />
		<Build Include="$(Version.Split('.')[2])" />
		<Revision Include="$(Version.Split('.')[3])" />
	</ItemGroup>
    <Exec Command="nuget pack myApp.nuspec -Version @(Major).@(Minor).@(Build) -Properties Configuration=Release -OutputDirectory $(OutDir) -BasePath $(OutDir)" />
    <Exec Command="squirrel --releasify $(OutDir)myApp.@(Major).@(Minor).@(Build).nupkg" />
  </Target>

(thanks to this post on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/29425268/4546999)