PerformancePoint dashboard designer start issue says "Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor"

Hi All,

when i was configuring SharePoint 2013 with Power View, after installing and configuration done on a Bi Site tried to open PerformancePoint designer.

but it was uninterrupted with a popup message saying :

After googling for several hours the root cause has happened due to the October CU's

Issue:

After the SharePoint 2013 October 2013 cumulative update (CU) the PerformancePoint 2013 dashboard designer fails to start and gives error "Application cannot be started.  Contact the application vendor."

Cause:

The dashboard designer files were not signed correctly during the CU build process.

Workaround:
download PPS.zip file

Backup these files on all your SharePoint servers:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web ServerExtensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\Designer.Application

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web ServerExtensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\DesignerInstall\Designer.exe.manifest

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\DesignerInstall\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\DesignerInstall\Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Client.dll

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\DesignerInstall\Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.DesignerPlugins.dll

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\DesignerInstall\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll

Replace the files above with the files contained in the PPS.zip attached to this blog post.

A complete Error may look like:

SOURCES

Deployment url            : http://jkpoint/_layouts/15/ppsma/1033/designer.application

                        Server        : Microsoft-IIS/8.0

X-Powered-By    : ASP.NET

Application url            : http://jkpoint/_layouts/15/ppsma/1033/DesignerInstall/Designer.exe.manifest

                        Server        : Microsoft-IIS/8.0

X-Powered-By    : ASP.NET

IDENTITIES

Deployment Identity        : DashboardDesigner.exe(en-us), Version=15.0.4549.1000, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7b232fd7284a56a, processorArchitecture=msil

APPLICATION SUMMARY

* Online only application.

* Trust url parameter is set.

ERROR SUMMARY

Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.

* Activation of http://jkpoint/_layouts/15/ppsma/1033/designer.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:

+ Reference in the deployment does not match the identity defined in the application manifest.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS

* [29/11/2013 4:27:37 PM] : Activation of http://jkpoint/_layouts/15/ppsma/1033/designer.application has started.

* [29/11/2013 4:27:37 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.

* [29/11/2013 4:27:37 PM] : Installation of the application has started.

ERROR DETAILS

Following errors were detected during this operation.

* [29/11/2013 4:27:37 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (SubscriptionSemanticValidation)

- Reference in the deployment does not match the identity defined in the application manifest.

- Source: System.Deployment

- Stack trace:

at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)

at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS

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