I have an application which will be downloaded form the Internet.
Tried to create a Clcik once deployment manifest. I was able to create the maifest but I am having troubles publishing the same.

Then, I tried to create a windows installer project, and provide the setup.exe via the Internet. But with this type of deployment, how do I provide for upgrades, without making the user download and install the entire application again, Is it possible to provide patches, if so how? Can someone please point me to some guides for upgrades.

Thanks a lot

Hi Xaria,

Probably, you need to create a patch file for the msi which is used only update the changed files. But Visual Studio doesn'tsupport creating patches, so you are likely need to resort to third party tools. The following is an article about How to create installation patches for VS.NET deployment projects. There is also asimilar case in our forums.

If you have further problems, please let me know.

Best regards,
Bruce Zhou

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