ClickOnce on the server might be an option?
Possible downsides:
(a) Installation is 'per user' not 'per machine'
(b) Would require full trust to create/write to specific folders.

>Hi All.
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>I have deployed my winforms app to a server on my client's site. Now I need to install a desktop shortcut for all the users of this application that will point them to the exe on the server. I also need to create the following folder:
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>C:\Users\All Users\MicroFour\ConnectionData
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>and I need to copy a ".dat" file to that location.
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>Oh, and one more thing - I need to detect whether or not the .NEt framework version 4.0 is installed on the user's machine and install it if it isn't.
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>So, I have been doing some googling and haven't found a lot that is very userful. Can someone here point me in the right direction?
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>TIA.
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>-- Marcia