Why would my Silverlight 4 Out-of-Browser application just display white?

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Published on 2010-06-13T12:08:32Z Indexed on 2010/06/13 12:12 UTC
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My Silverlight application works fine when running in a browser.

But when I install it as an out-of-browser application, the Window frame comes up with an appropriate icon and title, but the content of the window is just white. It is in the start menu but when I close it and open again, it is still blank.

I reproduced this on Windows 7 and Windows XP.

What could be causing my silverlight application to show only white when running out-of-browser?

Here are the settings I used:

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