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Visual Studio 2008 in Windows 8 - Projects building when not checked in Configuration Manager

I am maintaining a legacy application in Visual Studio 2008 and my office is deploying Windows 8. These factors are out of my control. My Visual Studio solution contains a Deployment project. When I set my build configuration to "Debug", I can see…
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Tracking Changes to a Directory Tree over Time

Does anyone know of an application or system out there for tracking changes (files added/removed, diffs on text files) to a non-source controlled directory over time? Something that would let you Take a snapshot of a certain directory tree at time…
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About adding prerequisites to make setup files on Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

I know that if you want your setup files to detect whether the pc have .Net Framework 3.5 installed, you must configure the prerequisites in the Setup Properties. There 3 options to choose from and I'm not quite understand what is the second options…
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How to use AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute in Deployment Project

I have a C# Deployment Project, for which I would like to change the display during the installation version of the X.X.Xa (marked with the letter will be the next version of the test). For other projects can be done by attribute…
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Unload .vdproj (visual studio deployment project) from visual studio 2010 solution

I have a solution under source control, one of the projects in it is vdproj (Visual Studio Deployment Project) or setup project, this project gives me very annoying tens of messages every time i try to build the…
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Creating a Test and Prod CAB for my Windows Mobile 6 application

My client wants me to have a test and prod version of my app that can be installed side by side on the same device. I don't want to duplicate and maintain separate code bases so I created separate deployment projects and added a config file in the…
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.NET Framework - Installing the application

I want to make an application (windows application) using C# and .NET Framework 3.5. I want to make the install the application. I want the installation to determine - whether the user has the framework in the system. If the user does not have a…
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Visual Studio Deployment Project Application Shortcut does not allow drag and drop file opening

I'm having an issue with an creating application shortcut on the desktop from a Visual Studio 2010 deployment project. The shortcut is created just fine, but when I go to drag and drop an application-specific file onto the shortcut, it doesn't work…
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Uninstalling a different program when installing a new one

I have a program that is being installed using a Deployment Project (Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022). Due to business changes, I need to break this one program up into several new programs. A similar scenario would be like when…
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Creating a build for Visual Studio Deployment Project via command prompt

I am having issues with trying to create a Visual Studio Deployment Project via command prompt. I have a visual studio 2015 installer I am trying to create, I am running the following command: devenv.exe .sln /Build "Release|Any CPU"…
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How to run a deployed .exe file with administrator privileges?

I'm creating a Deployment Project in which I will deploy an executable - call it abc.exe and after the software is installed on the Target machine I need to run [INSTALLDIR]abc.exe /install with administrator privileges As you may have guessed, I'm…
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Continue to deploy project after prerequisites installation

I have a simple VS Deployment Project that gathers all the files I need and packs it to MSI package. The project also creates .EXE that checks if VSTO installed on a computer and if not - specific launch condition fired (user downloads and installs…
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Visual Studio Installer: Copy File On Finish

i have a C# project, it's finished now and i need to make an installer for it. I added the Setup and Deployment Project and listed all the needed prerequisites, now i just need to copy the database file when the installation finishes. Just a simple…
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upgrade winform application not overwriting XML file even when "Always Copy"

I have an winform application say StackOverflow.exe. When I upgrade the latest release from StackOverflow.exe version 1.1 to version 1.2, its not overwriting XML file(say plugin.xml) from output content folder. Note: plugin.xml is overwriten…
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Visual Studio Deployment Project - How to give a user write access to a resource file

In a Visual Studio (2013) Deployment Project, I have a resource file (a text-file called settings.cfg) that shall be copied to the application folder. The ReadOnly-Property of that file is set to False. After installation on the target platform (Win…
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