Error APPX0002: Task 'ValidateAppxPackage' failed. Value cannot be null.

Hi, I have been working on Windows Phone apps, and have created several packages and submitted them to the store. Starting today, for no apparent reason, I can't create packages for the store any more. When creating the Store package, using Visual Studio
2013 Ultimate Update 4, build fails with this error:
Error APPX0002: Task 'ValidateAppxPackage' failed. Value cannot be null.
I have not been able to fix this. I've tried:
- uninstalling and reinstalling Visual Studio
- rebooting
- deleting the Package.StoreAssociation.xml in the file (but it cannot be recreated).
I am able to compile and run the project, but it fails when creating the store package to submit to dev center.
Any suggestions?
Here is the detailed compile report:
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error APPX0002: Task 'ValidateAppxPackage' failed. Value cannot be null.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error APPX0002: Parameter name: source
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error APPX0002:
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: The "ValidateAppxPackage" task failed unexpectedly.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: Parameter name: source
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToDictionary[TSource,TKey,TElement](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 keySelector, Func`2 elementSelector,
IEqualityComparer`1 comparer)
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.AppxPackage.DumpResourceIndexMap..ctor(ITaskItem[] indexedPayloadFiles)
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.AppxPackage.ValidateAppxPackage.CheckImages()
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.AppxPackage.ValidateAppxPackage.ExecuteImplementation()
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.AppxPackage.AppxPackagingTaskHelper.Execute()
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.AppxPackage.ValidateAppxPackage.Execute()
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1706,9): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__20.MoveNext()
el_ber

Hi el_ber,
From your information, I see that you used VS2013. Could you please tell us how did you build the project? Using VS directly, using command line or writing a script to involve MSBuild to run it? I guess you used the command line or write a build script to
run the project because I see the path is "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0" instead of "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.exe". If that is the case, please use "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.exe"
to build the project.
If not, can you reproduce this issue? If you can, please provide us with the steps to reproduce this issue or provide us with a sample project on onedrive.
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DEBUG,23 Dec 2010 02:34:45,803,[XELLERATE.DDM.IMPORT], Saving data object
INFO,23 Dec 2010 02:34:46,256,[XELLERATE.DDM.STATS],Purging 6 prepared statements
ERROR,23 Dec 2010 02:35:52,663,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],Class/Method: tcDataBase/writeStatement encounter some problems: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("OIMUSER"."OIU"."OST_KEY")
java.sql.SQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("OIMUSER"."OIU"."OST_KEY")
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.SQLStateMapping.newSQLException(SQLStateMapping.java:85)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.newSQLException(DatabaseError.java:112)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:173)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:455)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:413)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.receive(T4C8Oall.java:1030)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.doOall8(T4CPreparedStatement.java:194)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.executeForRows(T4CPreparedStatement.java:947)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1222)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3381)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3462)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.java:1349)
     at weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.PreparedStatement.executeUpdate(PreparedStatement.java:159)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataaccess.tcDataBase.writePreparedStatement(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.PreparedStatementUtil.executeUpdate(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcTableDataObj.insertImplementation(Unknown Source)
Please let me know if you have any idea..
Thanks..
Edited by: IDMuser19 on Dec 29, 2010 2:21 PM

After Setting Database to DEBUG mode i see below errors in the log
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,850,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select ost_launch_dependent, ost_key, ost_status from ost ost, obi obi where ost.obj_key=obi.obj_key and obi.obi_key=181
INFO,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,865,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],DB read: select upp_deny_list from upp,usr where usr.usr_key=upp.usr_key and usr.usr_key=21
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,865,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select upp_deny_list from upp,usr where usr.usr_key=upp.usr_key and usr.usr_key=21
INFO,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,865,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],DB read: select pol_key, obi.obj_key from rqo,obi where rqo.obi_key = obi.obi_key and obi.obi_key = 181
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,865,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select pol_key, obi.obj_key from rqo,obi where rqo.obi_key = obi.obi_key and obi.obi_key = 181
INFO,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,881,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],DB read: select evt.evt_key, evt.evt_name, evt.evt_package from dob dob, evt evt, dvt dvt where dob.dob_key=dvt.dob_key and dvt.evt_key=evt.evt_key and (dob.dob_name='com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcOIU' or dob.dob_name='com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcTableDataObj' or dob.dob_name='com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcDataObj' ) and dvt.dvt_pre_insert_sequence>0 order by dvt.dvt_pre_insert_sequence
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,881,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select evt.evt_key, evt.evt_name, evt.evt_package from dob dob, evt evt, dvt dvt where dob.dob_key=dvt.dob_key and dvt.evt_key=evt.evt_key and (dob.dob_name='com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcOIU' or dob.dob_name='com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcTableDataObj' or dob.dob_name='com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcDataObj' ) and dvt.dvt_pre_insert_sequence>0 order by dvt.dvt_pre_insert_sequence
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,881,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],insert into oiu (OIU_KEY, OBI_KEY, USR_KEY, OIU_SERVICEACCOUNT, OIU_CREATE, OIU_CREATEBY, OIU_UPDATE, OIU_UPDATEBY, oiu_rowver) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,881,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select OIU_seq.nextval from dual
ERROR,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,928,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],Class/Method: tcDataBase/writeStatement encounter some problems: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("OIMUSER"."OIU"."OST_KEY")
java.sql.SQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("OIMUSER"."OIU"."OST_KEY")
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.SQLStateMapping.newSQLException(SQLStateMapping.java:85)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.newSQLException(DatabaseError.java:112)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:173)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:455)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
INFO,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,990,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],DB read: select err_key, err_code, err_desc, err_rowver, err_remedy, err_count, err_last_occurance, err_action, err_help_url, err_severity from err where err_code='DOBJ.INSERT_FAILED'
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:44,990,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select err_key, err_code, err_desc, err_rowver, err_remedy, err_count, err_last_occurance, err_action, err_help_url, err_severity from err where err_code='DOBJ.INSERT_FAILED'
ERROR,27 Dec 2010 16:26:45,006,[XELLERATE.SERVER],Class/Method: tcDataObj/save Error :Insertion of dataobject into database failed
INFO,27 Dec 2010 16:26:45,006,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],DB read: select err_key, err_code, err_desc, err_rowver, err_remedy, err_count, err_last_occurance, err_action, err_help_url, err_severity from err where err_code='DOBJ.INSERT_FAILED'
DEBUG,27 Dec 2010 16:26:45,006,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],select err_key, err_code, err_desc, err_rowver, err_remedy, err_count, err_last_occurance, err_action, err_help_url, err_severity from err where err_code='DOBJ.INSERT_FAILED'
ERROR,27 Dec 2010 16:26:45,006,[XELLERATE.DATABASE],Class/Method: tcDataBase/rollbackTransaction encounter some problems: Rollback Executed From
java.lang.Exception: Rollback Executed From
     at com.thortech.xl.dataaccess.tcDataBase.rollbackTransaction(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcDataObj.rollback(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcDataObj.doRollback(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcDataObj.save(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcTableDataObj.save(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcUserProvisionObject.insertImplementation(Unknown Source)
     at com.thortech.xl.dataobj.tcDataObj.insert(Unknown Source)
Thanks .... Please reply if you have any idea..

Error: The Task has failed to load on Execute Package Task using TFS Build and MSBuild.exe on dedicated Build Machine.

I'm trying to automate my building and deployment of SSIS packages using TFS build definitionss in conjunction with MSBuild.exe on a separate build machine.
I have successfully built and deployed my projects but receive the following error:
Error: Failed to load task "etl_UWP_Stage_tstg_7_Large",type "". The contact information for this task is "Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft SQL Server .... "
This error happens at runtime as well as if I perform a "Validate..." on the SSIS Catalog on the server.
This only occurs when trying to execute a package that contains an Execute Package Task. Any other packages that are doing the actual work are working just fine.
In addition, when I do the MSBuild from my developer machine with the same deployment process everything works fine, even the Execute Package Task.
I can even open up the project on the build machine in VS2012, rebuild all, then deploy and everything works fine.
Some things I've considered/verified:
1) Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio Data Tools 2012 are both on the build machine and my local machine.
2) The .NET version being used by VS2012 is the same on the build machine and my local machine.
3) I find it suspicious that the "Type" referenced in the error above is blank...but not sure where to go with that.
4) Obvious difference is that during the TFS Build and Deploy on the build machine, everything is running under the TFS Service account, rather than my account...once again...not sure where to go with this, but it is a significant difference.
Has anyone had similar issues or have any thoughts on things to try?
Thanks,
Jason

Not sure why I couldn't find this answer in my earlier searches...
But this thread solved it for me:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/3aa1e324-da32-4ea0-865c-c69f610ef262/failed-to-load-execute-package-task-error?forum=sqlintegrationservices
Essentially I had to install SSIS on the build machine so that the 64-bit version for
ExecPackageTask.dll, was available. I did this from the original media CD selection Integration Services as a feature.
Hope this helps someone in the future.

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I've started getting an intermittent error editing my Windows 7 OSD task sequence. Sometimes I can open the TS to edit, but when I try to apply changes I get the error. Other times I get the error when trying to open the TS. If I try again
right away, I still get the error, but if I wait a few minutes and try again sometimes it will open the TS.
The error reads:
ConfigMgr Error Object:instance of SMS_Extended Status{Description = "Failed to load dynamic properties for class \"SMS_TaskSequence_ApplyWindowsSettingsAction\" from XML into WMI";Error Code = 2147943746;File = "e:\\qfe\\nts\\sms\\siteserver\\sdk_provider\\smsprov\\ssptspackage.cpp";Line = 3454;Operation = "ExecMethod";ParameterInfo = "SMS_TaskSequencePackage";ProviderName = "WinMgmt";StatusCode = 2147749889;}
Coinciding with this error, I show the following entries in the TaskSequenceProvider.log file:
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TaskSequenceProvider
Failed to protect memory buffer, hr=0x80070542
TaskSequenceProvider
Failed to load dynamic properties for class "SMS_TaskSequence_ApplyWindowsSettingsAction" from XML into WMI 0x80070542 (2147943746)
TaskSequenceProvider
Failed to load node Apply Windows Settings from XML into WMI 0x80070542 (2147943746)
TaskSequenceProvider
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TaskSequenceProvider
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TaskSequenceProvider
Failed to load children steps for node "" from XML 0x80070542 (2147943746)
TaskSequenceProvider
Failed to load XML for the task sequence into WMI 0x80070542 (2147943746)
TaskSequenceProvider
[PID: 7608] Done with method SMS_TaskSequence.LoadFromXml
TaskSequenceProvider
Setting status complete: status code = 0x80070542; Failed to load dynamic properties for class "SMS_TaskSequence_ApplyWindowsSettingsAction" from XML into WMI
TaskSequenceProvider
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Thanks for sharing that! I tend to save contacting MS support until after I've exhausted other options. I'm always afraid that I'll spend the $500 to open a case and then it turns out to be something simple that I would have found if I had just
kept working on it myself a little longer.
It looks like that link is for an update released in February as KB3023562. I downloaded and installed it. I'll try opening/editing/saving the task sequence a few times today to see if the issue is resolved.
After I had already installed it, I thought to look up that update in configmgr. The update is listed as superseded by 2 other updates. The newest of those is KB3046049, which just installed last night with the other March patches, so it's possible
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