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

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