Deploy a VSTO addin (again…) and what we learned

I was moving computers and had to install Visual Studio again to keep working on my VSTO addin. The setup project was not recognized and I was not able to open it.

MSDN has a perfect article that helped me remember how to Get InstallShield Limited Edition installer file.

This article discusses the order of things going on and methods called in what order of your VSTO addin

Once installed I was able to view the setup project again.