Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Feature with Id 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx' is not installed in this farm

Question

I am getting the below mentioned error when deploying my workflow project.

Error 1 Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Feature with Id 'bfb411c4-b0f9-4ebd-9707-0c31ebd98553' is not installed in this farm, and cannot be added to this scope.

Did a complete solution search on the GUID show in the error found a .feature file with the following xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feature xmlns:dm0="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2008/DslTools/Core" dslVersion="1.0.0.0" Id="bfb411c4-b0f9-4ebd-9707-0c31ebd98553" featureId="bfb411c4-b0f9-4ebd-9707-0c31ebd98553" imageUrl="" solutionId="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" title="HRLeaveApplicationWorkflow Feature2 Version 0.0.1.3 " version="" deploymentPath="$SharePoint.Project.FileNameWithoutExtension$_$SharePoint.Feature.FileNameWithoutExtension$" isDesignerEnabled="false" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2008/SharePointTools/FeatureModel">
  <projectItems>
    <projectItemReference itemId="7ab2493e-ea06-48b1-a3ab-2cefd0a2b133" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="87780597-9c40-4a2f-926b-97fce5632eed" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="43e518c7-831f-4a7f-93c0-93541dded56f" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="4050173a-b506-4b68-a561-60474cc3c335" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="a9beb338-0bbd-47f1-9231-e8bee3119d4f" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="e1dae3fa-9872-4fb5-83f4-b243f424b291" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="aecc3d28-66e5-4260-ad8d-bf9c95391987" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="e9275b7c-1a5e-4248-90be-f756cf226911" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="f1eb141d-d988-46e8-9354-6c508d1b60b5" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="1ba830e8-0156-4b19-8a41-3102da62b837" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="c610baac-8c6d-42a4-8b40-7834eae38ee7" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="837735f7-a8d7-41b5-be95-47c5cad52e65" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="8fee65f9-15f4-4009-a3b3-86e473b38e3e" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="7c065181-cfa6-4267-8306-a30095e11cd2" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="dbc64e31-5fff-4336-8377-12272ce0363b" />
    <projectItemReference itemId="863cace3-a706-4516-a310-075305459cfb" />
  </projectItems>
</feature>

Removed the solution totally from my server (Dev Server). Still this error keeps on repeating.

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

The solution I came up with is a temporary fix. I created a shell script to retract, remove and redeploy the solution.

So at first I would have a dedicated location to publish my .wsp file than a script using the new .wsp.

Script is given below:

$webApplicationUrl = "http://my-dev/"
$siteUrl = "http://my-dev/site1"
$solutionName = "hrleaveapplicationworkflow.wsp"

$workflowSolution = Get-SPSolution -Identity $solutionName

if($workflowSolution)
{


    echo "Deactivating Feature 2"
    Disable-SPFeature -identity "HRLeaveApplicationWorkflow_Feature2_Version0.0.1.3" -URL $siteUrl -Confirm:$false
    iisreset

    echo "Deactivating Feature 1"
    Disable-SPFeature -identity "HRLeaveApplicationWorkflow_Feature1_Version0.0.1.3" -URL $siteUrl -Confirm:$false
    iisreset

    $sln = Uninstall-SPSolution -Identity $solutionName -WebApplication $webApplicationUrl -Confirm:$false

    echo "Started solution retraction..." 
    start-sleep -s 30 

    $sln = Remove-SPSolution -Identity $solutionName -Confirm:$false

    echo "Started solution removal..." 
    while($sln.JobExists) 
    { 
        echo " > Remove in progress..."
    }

    echo "Started Add Solution..."
    Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath "D:\DeployHRLeaveApplicationWF\HRLeaveApplicationWorkflow.wsp" -Confirm:$false

    echo "Started Install Solution..."
    Install-SPSolution -Identity $solutionName -WebApplication $webApplicationUrl -GACDeployment

    iisreset

    echo "Activating Feature 2"
    Enable-SPFeature -identity "HRLeaveApplicationWorkflow_Feature2_Version0.0.1.3" -URL $siteUrl
    iisreset

    echo "Activating Feature 1"
    Enable-SPFeature -identity "HRLeaveApplicationWorkflow_Feature1_Version0.0.1.3" -URL $siteUrl
    iisreset



}
else
{
    Write-Host "Solution not found!"
}

Hope this was helpful for someone :)! Cheers and have a good one fellas :)!