MSB3176 diagnostic code

This article describes the MSB3176 error code.

Message text

MSB3176: Specified minimum required version is greater than the current publish version. Please specify a version less than or equal to the current publish version.

Description

This error refers to the minimum required version property you specified for the ClickOnce manifest. See Choose a ClickOnce update strategy - make updates required.

This error occurs when the version you specified as the minimum required version is greater than the current version you're building.

Resolution

Check the minimum required version property and change it so that it is less than or equal to the current version. If a user has a version below this version, they are required to update at least to the minimum required version. The minimum version requirement is optional. If you don't want to require a minimum version, you can turn off this setting.

For .NET applications, in the Visual Studio Publish tool, you can change the minimum required version setting by choosing the Update settings link on the Settings screen.

For .NET Framework, Open the Project Properties (Alt+Enter) and navigate to the Publish property page, then select Updates to specify the minimum required version.

Or, in the deployment manifest, you can find this property as an attribute of the deployment element:

<deployment install="true" minimumRequiredVersion="1.0.0.0">

Applies to

All versions of MSBuild