"Chukkalove" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Visual studio 2003 project c#
> Setup project added afterwards.
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> Setup run on a clean VMWare virtual pc appears to do fine.
>
> When I run my application from both desktop icon and in startup folder
> straight after the initial install, the application runs.
> When i open the application again later, firstly it reinstalls and after
> that the application will run.
>
> Something is screwy but I dont know how to find out what's gone wrong.
> In my setup project, the desktop icons property point to primary output
> as Id expect. Primary output I hope is my application executable.
>
> Any ideas on tracking this down?
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"Chukkalove" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I know what's happening.
>
> I copy then delete a file from a subdirectory of the install when my
> application is run.
> Windows installer sees this deletion and reinstalls it again.
> I wasnt aware that the installer monitors the files in the directory,
> which is a bit of a nuisance.
> I guess there's some way to turn this off but I'm not sure how to do it at
> the moment.
>
> thanks all anyway, this had me stumped all morning
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