How to do custom tasks during install/uninstall of a ClickOnce app?

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Shaul Behr picture Shaul Behr · Dec 30, 2010 · Viewed 8.1k times · Source

Is there any way to run custom code during the installation or uninstallation of a ClickOnce app?

This question has been asked before here, but that was a long time ago, the answer given there was IMHO very kludgy, and I'm kind of hoping that the later releases of VS have provided a more elegant solution...

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Leniel Maccaferri picture Leniel Maccaferri · Dec 30, 2010

Check the following articles:

Administering ClickOnce Deployments

Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Installer for a ClickOnce Application

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