Best way to install a .NET app

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Deane

Hello,

I have an application that I created and I was wondering
what was the best to provide a install program. I have
been searching the newsgroups and I've read something
about the "Windows Install SDK". Is this the best route
to go?

I am looking to do something "homegrown" rather than go
out and spend money on some installation program.

Thanks,
Deane
 
Have you tried making a Setup Project? In the new project dialog, it's under
Setup and Deployment Projects.
 
Note that the Setup Project does generate a .MSI (Windows Installer format).
Yes, WI is the preferred method (even though you hear about XCopy installs
with .Net, it's more in terms of what the install does rather than the
mechanism), as it is the built-in, transaction-based means for installing
(and registering it with Windows, in an application sense, not a
COM-component sense)
 
Geesh! I didn't even see that! I'll give that a
shot and see how it works.

Thank you for your help, Mike!

Deane
 
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