Deploying ClickOnce™ Project without Microsoft Visual Studio

Environment Used:

• Windows 7 Professional Terminals SP1
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Professional
• Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.0

 

What you will need:

• Visual Studio for Build the project; For developer environment
• MageUI.exe Graphical Tool (You need to install the latest Windows SDK) for Deployment environment

 

MageUI.exe is available under C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools

 

Steps:

1. In Visual Studio, go to the Project Properties > Application Tab > Under Resources > Select “Create application without Manifest” from the drop down
2. Build your project.
3. [1]Follow the steps from the MSDN’s walkthrough: Manually Deploying a ClickOnce Application > To Deploy an application with MageUI.exe graphical tool

Things MageUI will not be creating, but created in Visual Studio Publish Wizard are:

• Setup.exe
• Publish Web Page

 

Resources:

• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xc3tc5xx.aspx
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5337458/error-deploying-clickonce-application-reference-in-the-manifest-does-not-match

 

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[1] In the Clause 3 under To deploy an application with the MageUI.exe graphical tool: Copy all the files in Project’s bin folder to deployment directory.