How to publish/distribute setup project

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Hi,
I have a project and added to it a setup project to manage the installation. I am able to right-click and install/uninstall the setup project and it works well on my computer. But I am at a loss how to package the two projects together to install in another computer: where do i get to publish the main project such that i can put it in a cd and have it run setup while installing? When i publish the project, it leaves behind the setup project!

Posted 2-Dec-10 1:43am

cyberexel

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Scubapro · Answer 1 · 2010-12-02T02:17:00

Solution 1

This issue has been covered numerous times. Check here .

Posted 2-Dec-10 2:17am

Scubapro

cyberexel · Answer 2 · 2010-12-02T02:41:00

Solution 2

Sorry, I got it. The setup.msi file is a compressed file created in the setup publishing folder and it has everything that installs the software. Surprise: my application was compressed from 70MB to 3.9MB!

Posted 2-Dec-10 2:41am

cyberexel