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Re: Common App Data Folder? This is a "Setup and Deployment" project in Visual Studio, BTW. Setting my "Common App Data Folder" default location to [CommonAppDataFolder] seems to put the data in the correct place. Is this an acceptable strategy? Common App Data Folder? What?s the correct way to install application data that is common to all users? I tried creating a ?Common Files Folder? but this doesn?t give me the correct folder under Vista. (It gives me Program Files/Common Files.) I don?t see anything in VS2005 that will let me create a common application data folder. application update Hello, I need to provide an updater exe along with my product executable in setup. My product exe will check for updates if any, available and will launch a process , updater.exe. updater.exe downloads the updated version available. This updater.exe needs to replace the current product exe with the new Trying to settling an argument We're having an argument at work, me against the manager. He wants me to use a Dell D620 with 1 GB of RAM and a 30 GB HD for Wise Package Studio Professional and VMWare with 32-bit XP and McAfee Enterprise loaded locally with a network connection (100 MB) to a SQL server where he wants to put VMWare 5. SPAM Actually I prefer religious neighbours to friendly wizards, but thanks anyway New Advanced Installer 6.3 brings Vista Games Explorer integration and Visual Studio Setup projects import On May 9th, 2008 Caphyon Ltd. announced the latest edition of its Windows Installer authoring tool. The new Advanced Installer enables developers and system administrators to easily build and repackage complex applications into reliable, ready to deploy MSI and EXE installers, patches and on-line updates. Re: Single EXE file update On May 8, 6:35 pm, "Adrian Accinelli" Dear Adrian, Basically you are right, but the problem with the update was that it was a one-off, customer-specific updade, prepared only for our company. Requiring a whole MSI package would generate additional costs. If there is no better way, I will be just copying the EXE file to Re: Anyone remember InstallShield DevStudio 9? The point about Product and Package codes is that they define the product to the system. When you try to install the full version Windows is seeing that this exact product is already installed, so essentially it does nothing except go into some version of maintenance/repair mode for the old version. Re: Single EXE file update Ask the vendor who is supplying the updated application executable for a proper patch package instead. You won't be the only customer who needs either a MSP package or an updated MSI package for proper deployment. Do not consider a solution that involves creating a whole MSI package just to deploy this updated file. It might work but it will not last and will Single EXE file update Dear all, I do not have experience with MSI installations so let me first describe the problem. There was a program that was installed on ca. 50 laptops using a SETUP.EXE program. Now we have received an update to this program in the form of the updated application EXE file (not the instalation package - neither SETUP.EXE nor MSI - but just a new version of

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