Published Date: July 05, 2004
Category: ClickOnce | ClickOnce Authoring Tools | Personal Blog
Author: Mike Taulty's
Site: Mike Taulty's Blog

Summary
In this blog article, Mike talks heavily about ClickOnce and it's development with Visual Studio 2005, deployment scenarios (what to expect and what not) and continues upto "what's happening to the file system & security" when applications are built and deployed through ClickOnce. A MUST read article for ClickOnce enthusaists!

[Author Extract]
...When you install a new version of an application all the data files from the previous version will get copied over into the new version’s data directory. If there are collisions between the existing copied-over-versions of files and new files that the later version is installing then the newer version wins. However, the old files will be placed into an inc folder so you can at least get at them...
...Note that when bits are installed by ClickOnce from the “Internet Zone” they do not suddenly inherit full-trust at the point where they hit the hard-drive. Their original location is “remembered” and the same set of permissions is given to them each time they run...

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About the Author
Mike Tauty works at Microsoft in the UK and is involved in getting information out to developers about what's happening with the Microsoft platform through online mechanisms like newsletters, blogs, videos and through offline mechanisms such as technical sessions.

His focus is primarily around Windows Vista and the forthcoming Version 3.0 of the .NET Framework. He has been at Microsoft since 2000 and prior, he spent three years working within Microsoft's Services division as a consultant on developer technologies working closely with UK software vendors and enterprise customers. [Source: Mike Taulty's Blog]