"This app can't run on your PC!", when build cordova app visual studio 2015

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When i try to build the cordova app in visual studio, "This app can't run on your PC!" error shown and when hit close it appears again. (First image)

This error also happen when i try to open config.xml, a messege shown in bottom of visual studio: this item does not support previewing! and "This app can't run on your PC!" error shown again too. (second image)

I'm in Windows 10 build 10586.420 and Visual studio 2015 update 3.

For the XML, try forcing it to use a different reader (like Notepad++). For the inability to run the program, is it written for a architecture compatible with your computer? — Carcigenicate, Jul 03 '16 at 12:45
@Carcigenicate when i change my windows this error happened and before that everything was OK. and the program, it is cordova's sample project, i change nothing in that. — Pourya8366, Jul 03 '16 at 12:50
What platform are you targeting, windows, android or IOS?Which cordova's sample project? And could you try if this problem persist in a new blank app? — Elvis Xia - MSFT, Jul 04 '16 at 01:31
@ElvisXia Android, it happens in new blank app and any type of projects, It's my mistake i call that sample project! — Pourya8366, Jul 04 '16 at 08:24
@ElvisXia unfortunately, i uninstall VS and windows three times and the problem is still there! — Pourya8366, Jul 04 '16 at 13:04
What type of a device or PC are you running Windows & Visual Studio on when you get this message? — Jordan Matthiesen, Jul 07 '16 at 19:04
@JordanMatthiesen I Have a laptop (Lenovo y5070) running windows and Visual studio and chrome version is 51. — Pourya8366, Jul 09 '16 at 09:32

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '16 at 22:02

The root cause of this error, which was not clear from the message on the screen, was a corrupted download of the node.exe file (where the download only pulled down a part of the package). This was likely because of quitting VS midway through installation, or just a bad install.

After diagnosing the user's machine, we fixed the error by manually deleting node.exe. However, the real solution is to "clear cordova cache" in Tools -> Options -> Tools for Apache Cordova -> Clear Cordova cache--as seen below.

Disclosure: I work at Microsoft on the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova team, and if anyone has more setup/install problems, please follow up with me at lizhong [at] microsoft [dot] com.

This solved my problem. Then when I try to run the App (Debug Win AnyCPU) this appears: MSBUILD : cordova-build error : Platform windows already added. — Tony, Jan 17 '17 at 22:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 11 '17 at 01:00

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I had disk corruption.

I was getting this error continuously. I was not able to run any exe program. After I fixed the corrupted part of the disk, the issue got solved.

edited Mar 11 '17 at 01:00

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