create an install using vs2010 for c# applications

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I want to create an install using vs2010 for c# applications. I need to have SQL Express 2008 SP2 (preferably SQL Express 2012) or later installed with this
application and Net 4.0. Additionally, the mdfs that I need installed must be placed in the "C:\Program Files\'Company'" directory. The application can be there as well, or in a sub-directory. I have multiple small apps that share the same mdfs, so they should be installed either in the same directory or in a sub-directory.

This install should install the same folders in XP, Vista, Win7 and Win8 when it is available.

I need to do this using the provided tools in VS2010 Ultimate.

These applications are going to single users, not being deployed in multi-user environments.

Please help.

Posted 12-Jun-12 8:48am

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Updated 12-Jun-12 8:59am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-06-12T08:50:00

You should not include SQL Server in your installation. There are a couple of reasons:
0) You can only distribute SQL Server Express for copyright reasons - not SQL Server full version.
1) They may already have SQL Server installed on the network. If so, then they will presumably want to use that version.
2) If they do have SQL server installed and you start proliferating SQL server Express instances, you are going to annoy the heck out of the database administrator...
3) A single site installation of SQl Server is a lot more likely to be backed up than a number of scattered versions under user control.
4) Sql server is quite complex for a "normal" user to install and administer - it is not a good idea!
5) It will destroy the primary advantage of using Sql Server over SqlCE or SQLite - multiuser access. If everyone installs their own copy of SQL server, then you will have multiple copies of your database, each used by a single person. This will cause some confusion, and (depending on how you wrote the original database) may take some considerable effort to combine into a single instance when the problem is realized.