>Can't you create an install for the app? That seems would be the easiest since it could do all these things.
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>I use Tarma Installer which can do all these things automatically with a pretty simple setup, but I think Inno does as well.
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>ClickOnce might work but won't help with .NET framework installation - it assumes .NET is installed.

Not true. .Net can be installed as a prerequisite. In fact the .NET framework version used by the application is selected as a prerequisite by default.

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>+++ Rick ---
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>>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