My previous version of application was built using Install shield and the
current version, i am developing throuhg setup and deployment VS2005 project.
1) I wanted to check, if my old application exists, remove the application
first and prompt for restart the PC before installing ...

I am currently developing a web setup project using .net framework
2.0. I am using custom actions, and overriding the Install and
Uninstall methods, yet there's one thing I don't get and maybe you can
give me a hand: what exactly is the flow of the setup project ? At

I need to install the framework on a bunch of computers. To be sure that the
installation is successfull I can check the errorlevel of the setup.exe.
But how can I test if the framework is working fine after a lot of
additional programs?

I am currently in the process of creating a setup for an application,
that requires the VC++ 2008 runtime libraries to be installed. The
setup is created using a Visual Studio 2008 Setup Project. There I can
add the runtime libraries as necessary components.

Can anybody help me?  I tried their fixes but nothing works.