Question : VB.NET Setup Installing App Files Without Asking What Folder to Install

.NET is creating publishing to a specified folder in the root of C: as the Wizard requires. It aso askes for the folder from which the users will run setup.exe, which is a global directory specified by a UNC path.

It does not ask before the publish or during setup where to put the app's exe file. The path where  it installs it is somewhere in the shared folder, but it is not there. The properties for the short-cut only display the path to the short-cut and not the app??!!

How can the install path for the app be specified? Of course I want it in C:\program files. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

-Bob

Answer : VB.NET Setup Installing App Files Without Asking What Folder to Install

Do you require the publish option for any specific reason? If you don't then I reccommend that you change your deployment to use a (Setup Project) rather then the publish option. You will have complete control over your deployment in this case with tons more options to choose. It would take a very long time to explain some of the steps to you in this post so I recommend to take some time to visit the following link from MSDN. Which is very helpful for getting started using the VS Setup project deployment feature.

Windows Installer Deployment Walkthroughs
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/206sadcd(v=VS.80).aspx

Walkthrough: Deploying a Windows-based Application  
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k3bb4tfd(v=VS.80).aspx