Windows Installer Overview
Windows Installer is the Microsoft technology for deploying applications. This technology has been part of the Windows operating system for many years and can be considered as an engine for installing .Msi packages. An .Msi package, or installer package, contains all files to be installed with your application and other important information such as shortcuts, icons, license agreements, other redistributable packages, and key/values to be written to the Windows Registry.
Windows Installer is the most powerful technology for deploying .NET applications with Visual Studio 2010. This is because Windows Installer has few limitations, whereas it brings lots of benefits. Windows Installer makes it difficult to provide updates, ...
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