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Nancy Kafer - 29 Dec 2004 20:18 GMT
Can anyone tell me the best way to deploy updates to .NET applications on
machines that already have the application installed? We have a VB .NET
application that was built with a setup project a year ago. It has been
installed on several machines. We recently made a modification to the
program, rebuilt both the application and the setup project. When we try to
install the new version we receive a message that the Windows Installer
cannot install the application because the application already is installed
on the workstation. This application gets deployed to agents in the field so
I don't want to have to make them uninstall the application just to
re-install it so they can get the updates.

Thanks for any help.

Nancy
Phil Wilson - 30 Dec 2004 16:48 GMT
The upgrade that VS setups support best uses the RemovePreviousVersions
project property (in the setup project). In the project properties,
increment the Version - that will prompt to change package and product
codes, accept them. Set RemovePreviousVersions  true. When you run this it
will detect the previous version and uninstall it if it's there, otherwise
it behaves as a brand new install of the new version.
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> Can anyone tell me the best way to deploy updates to .NET applications on
> machines that already have the application installed? We have a VB .NET
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> Nancy

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