ClickOnce Install/VB.Net

[Microchip1222]

The Build ---> Publish works really nice, except for one thing: it does not let me specify which directory to install the application into on the client's machine. Instead, it buries the data file deeply within its esoteric directory structure. This, as you can imagine, creates a nightmare for trying to back this data up.

Is there a way to tell the Publish what directory to install to?

Thanks a bunch in advance!

Dave

 

[jebenson]

You cannot change the location where the application is installed by a ClickOnce installation. To specify this, you need to create a Setup project to create an installer for your application. To do this in Visual Studio 2008, with the project to be installed open, go to File->Add->New Project. In that dialog, select "Other Project Types" then "Setup and Deployment" in the left pane. Select "Setup Project" in the right pane, enter the name and path for the project and click OK.

Here's a link that shows the basics of this, with screenshots:

http://vijirajkumar.blogspot.com/2010/03/create-setup-and-deployment-project.html

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