Update a Visual Studio Project After Installing it using Windows Installer Method

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You have to configure two items in the installer as described below:

  1. Increase the Product Version number under General Information and then create a Upgrade Path if not done already.
  2. Change the Product Code.

Now you can do the following steps below.

In order to update a project after it has been installed follow the procedure below:

  1. Make changes in the project, test, and build
  2. Install using the setup.exe