ClickOnce Installation Folder always C:\Downloads?

I am trying to deploy an application to a file server and generate an html file so users can download my app from this page. For some reason, however, the installation folder seems to go rogue when the file is downloaded from this page. The download links to the correct file (which exists) but then when the clickonce manifest runs it cant find the application file because it looks in my local downloads folder. I feel like this is a stupid oversight on my part but i cant figure it out. Any suggestions? ``` PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.18408 System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL clr.dll : 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL dfshim.dll : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000) SOURCES Deployment url : file:///C:/Users/USERNAME/Downloads/DeploymentTest.application IDENTITIES Deployment Identity : DeploymentTest.application, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e1db13b08bdedb27, processorArchitecture=x86 APPLICATION SUMMARY * Online only application. ERROR SUMMARY Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log. * Activation of C:\Users\Z50BXH\Downloads\DeploymentTest.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected: + Downloading file:///C:/Users/Z50BXH/Downloads/Application Files/DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0/DeploymentTest.exe.manifest did not succeed. + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\Application Files\DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0\DeploymentTest.exe.manifest'. + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\Application Files\DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0\DeploymentTest.exe.manifest'. + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\Application Files\DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0\DeploymentTest.exe.manifest'. COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY No transaction error was detected. WARNINGS There were no warnings during this operation. OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS * [7/7/2014 1:08:50 PM] : Activation of C:\Users\Z50BXH\Downloads\DeploymentTest.application has started. * [7/7/2014 1:08:50 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed. * [7/7/2014 1:08:50 PM] : Installation of the application has started. ERROR DETAILS Following errors were detected during this operation. * [7/7/2014 1:08:50 PM] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype) - Downloading file:///C:/Users/USERNAME/Downloads/Application Files/DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0/DeploymentTest.exe.manifest did not succeed. - Source: System.Deployment - Stack trace: at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next) at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles() at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState) at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation) 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) --- Inner Exception --- System.Net.WebException - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\Application Files\DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0\DeploymentTest.exe.manifest'. - Source: System - Stack trace: at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse() at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next) --- Inner Exception --- System.Net.WebException - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\Application Files\DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0\DeploymentTest.exe.manifest'. - Source: System - Stack trace: at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint) at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponseCallback(Object state) --- Inner Exception --- System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\Application Files\DeploymentTest_1_0_0_0\DeploymentTest.exe.manifest'. - Source: mscorlib - Stack trace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync) at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async) at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint) COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS No transaction information is available. ``` I have looked at this reference Error deploying ClickOnce application - Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded assembly but it didnt fix my issue.