I have created a setup with 10 projects . After installing the setup if I try to replace any exe with new version and start a application using shortcut it automatically replace the new version of file with old one .

So how can I stop the installer to overwrite the new exe copied in installation folder.

Thanking you

waiting for your valuable thought.

This is completely normal, but people seem to be entirely unaware that MSI-based installs are a) self-repairing and b) should be updated with an MSI-based update mechanism, which in VS setup projects is a new version of your setup that usesRemoveExistingProducts.

If you search this forum for DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS you'll see some discussion of how to prevent shortcuts from doing this, but keep in mind that the supported way for VS setup projects to install new versions is RemoveExistingProducts.

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Phil Wilson

This is completely normal, but people seem to be entirely unaware that MSI-based installs are a) self-repairing and b) should be updated with an MSI-based update mechanism, which in VS setup projects is a new version of your setup that usesRemoveExistingProducts.

If you search this forum for DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS you'll see some discussion of how to prevent shortcuts from doing this, but keep in mind that the supported way for VS setup projects to install new versions is RemoveExistingProducts.

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Phil Wilson

Hi Furquanms,

This link talks about DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368297(VS.85).aspx.
You can set the RemovePreviousVersions property of theSetup Projectto remove previous version when install a new one.

Regards,
Aland Li

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