Performance Point Services - Dashboard Designer Won't Load

I just created a new server with SharePoint 2013 SP1.

I have been trying to use PerformancePoint, but when trying to run Dashboard Designer, it fails. I found a Microsoft article detailing the issue:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_web_apps_server_2013_support_blog/archive/2013/11/19/performancepoint-2013-dashboard-designer-fails-to-start-after-october-2013-cu.aspx

I followed the instructions in the article to the letter and I still get an error when trying to initialize Dashboard Designer. It doesn't matter how I try to start it - either the Dashboard Designer button in SharePoint or the Designer.exe file.After

After replacing the files outlined in the article, this is the error I'm now getting:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
 Windows    : 6.2.9200.0 (Win32NT)
 Common Language Runtime  : 4.0.30319.18449
 System.Deployment.dll   : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
 clr.dll    : 4.0.30319.18449 built by: FX451RTMGDR
 dfdll.dll    : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
 dfshim.dll    : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)

SOURCES
 Deployment url   : file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/microsoft%20shared/Web%20Server%20Extensions/15/TEMPLATE/LAYOUTS/ppsma/1033/Designer.application
 Application url   : file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/microsoft%20shared/Web%20Server%20Extensions/15/TEMPLATE/LAYOUTS/ppsma/1033/DesignerInstall/Designer.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
 Deployment Identity  : DashboardDesigner.exe(en-us), Version=15.0.4420.1017, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c3bce3770c238a49, processorArchitecture=msil
 Application Identity  : DashboardDesigner.exe(en-us), Version=15.0.4420.1017, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c3bce3770c238a49, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
 * Online only application.
 * Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
 Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
 * Activation of C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\Designer.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
  + File, DashboardDesigner.resources.dll, has a different computed hash than specified in manifest.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
 No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
 There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:39 PM] : Activation of C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ppsma\1033\Designer.application has started.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:40 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:40 PM] : Installation of the application has started.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:40 PM] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:43 PM] : Found compatible runtime version 4.0.30319.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:43 PM] : Detecting dependent assembly System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=msil using System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=msil.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:43 PM] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
 Following errors were detected during this operation.
 * [4/30/2014 10:02:46 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (HashValidation)
  - File, DashboardDesigner.resources.dll, has a different computed hash than specified in manifest.
  - Source: System.Deployment
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentVerifier.VerifyFileHash(String filePath, Hash hash)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentVerifier.VerifyFileHash(String filePath, HashCollection hashCollection)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentVerifier.VerifyComponents()
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
   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)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
 No transaction information is available.

Has anyone else experienced this? And if so, were you ever eventually able to solve the issue?

Thanks in advance for any help!

May 1st, 2014 2:13am

Hey, got some workaround.

Described it here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/appvirtualization/en-US/dd0aa33a-8911-4123-92cf-98839d2caf3f/unable-to-launch-desktop-designer?forum=sharepointgeneral

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May 29th, 2014 11:16am

This didn't work for me...
June 1st, 2014 2:44pm

It did not work for me also. any other work around?
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August 27th, 2014 10:13am

Tried this?:

As a current workaround i installed  slistream language pack service pack 1 ans use designer in english version

August 27th, 2014 11:03am

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