Auto-update library for .NET?

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Andrew Grant picture Andrew Grant · Mar 27, 2009 · Viewed 73.6k times · Source

On the Mac there's a really nice library called Sparkle that programs can use to implement the checking/install functionality for auto-updates.

Is there anything similar out there for .NET? Or just regular Win32?

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Raj picture Raj · Mar 27, 2009

ClickOnce has its own security limitations (understandbly so). If you want the full power and control of a Windows application then go with the .NET application updater component. It works like a charm and has even been used by Microsoft internally for their .NET based game (I don't remember the game name though).

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