I'm having a multitude of problems since installing VB2008 Express about a week ago. I wrote a small program but when I tried to distribute it to a friend using Clickonce (deployed to disk or webpage), he ran into several errors and was unable to launch the file. I then found the same problem on my spare PC, although it does work fine on this one (the one it was written on).

So I've started from scratch. Opened a new project, did NOTHING to the blank form, and just published it using the default Clickonce settings to http://www.soccerstar.org.uk/test/publish.htm(note that I've added some controls to it but it's the same problem with no controls). Now some people seem able to run this fine and on my spare PC, it managed to update .net and then run the program. But still I have at least one person who can't launch the file.

So what I'd like to know in particular is....

Is the Express edition able to deploy finished projects to multiple machines?

Are the default options for 'Clickonce' always correct or am I supposed to learn something about these deployments (I've trawled through dozens of webpages in the last few days but am no nearer to the truth). In other words, if I open a new project and deploy it, shouldn't it just run on all machines, or am I supposed to alter some settings first?

Will upgrading to Visual Studio 2008 help matters? I assume VS2008 includes VB and does it also include the web developer language?

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