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We have an old Windows Form thick client application It is an internal tool. It gets installed on everyone's desktop as a windows application. There is a sudden frantic need for creating a separate installer for a client specific version of the same internal tool. Some of the people will need access to both versions of the exact same application. My question is how do I create two installers of the same application and get it to show up in the start up as well as a icon on the desktop. I know that if I change the Product code on the setup properties, both the versions get installed side by side. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, SDD

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In the installer, simply use a different product id and upgrade code. How you specifically do that depends on what type of installer you have.

Peter Ritchie
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  • agreed. If you are using anything that is MS Setup-based, you might also want to investigate the use of transforms (to change the codes). This will allow you to build a single msi rather than two. – PeteH Aug 14 '12 at 15:56