Upgrade my program using Visual Studio Installer 1

[waytech2003]

Up to now I have been using P&D to make setup.exe and cab files to install programs I have made.

Recently I have tried using MS Visual Studio Installer. I create the MSI file and it seems to install correctly on the machines I have tested it on.

For test purposes, I compiled my app, and created a MSI file. I ran the MSI file to install the app. I then recompiled the app using a new version number. I then created a new MSI file. I clicked on the new MSI file and it gave me two choises, Repair or Remove. I picked repair to hopefully upgrade my app with this newest version. I ran the app and it is the original version.

My question is, How do I send out upgrades? Must I have the original app removed before the new upgrade?

As a side note, when I created the second MSI, I gave it a new version number too.

 

[dilettante]

There is a process for creating update patches. See: Patching and Upgrades.

 

[waytech2003]

Thank you

I will study this

 

[Bluejay07]

It also sounds like you are installing on top of the existing program.

I would suggest uninstalling the current version before intalling the new version.

This should help to avoid this circumstance.