Question ClickOnce Publish: Publishing Folder vs Installation Folder

[TBossAZ]

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding publishing vis ClickOnce. For the publish options, there is a Publishing Folder Location and there is a Installation Folder URL. Can someone clarify the difference between Publish and Install, and when it would be apropriate for the two to be different?

Any help with this would be appreciated, Thanks!

 

[JohnH]

Publish Page, Project Designer explains both, this is the help topic that displays when you press F1 in that page. A related link states the reason about Installation URL:

This is necessary so that the application manifest knows where to look for updates.

 

[TBossAZ]

Thanks for the help JohnH!

So basically, the Installation Folder path is where the published files need to be manually copied to in order to distribute the application to the users.

Exactly what I needed.

 

[JohnH]

If you're using the ClickOnce update feature and it differs from the publishing folder, then yes.