Hi,
I had exactly the same error with an application I was trying to sequence, no matter what I tried I kept getting the "Invalid Manifest Detected" error, and neither the debug logs nor the manifest file that was created in the scratch directory gave any helpful
information as far as I could see.
What I ended up doing was I captured the installation with Regshot, and then created different sequences when I added section by section from the .reg file, and was finally able to narrow it down to two file extensions that were created with nonstandard
values, like this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ws]
@="PCOMW\\WS"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.bch]
@="PCOMW\\BCH"
I then ran the installation normally again, but before i created the package, I went in to regedit, and changed these registry values to correspond to the values from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for the specified file extensions, which looked more normal, .ws = PersonalCommunications.4.2
and .bch = bch_auto_file
Once I did this, I was able to create the App-V package successfully, and while I haven't thoroughly tested every aspect of the program, initial tests indicate that it works as expected.
While it may not be the same type of problem in the application you're trying to sequence, maybe you can use the same approach with Regshot or a similar program, to narrow down the specific cause of the problem in your application?
