Question Why do app shortcuts have a number? 'Application Name - 1'

[Mateus]

I've just released a minor update to an application which a client has been using for several months and for some reason the desktop shortcut now has a number at the end. E.g. Application Name - 1

I've searched Google and this forum but couldn't find an answer as to what would have caused this behaviour. It's as if the update has installed a second version of the application rather than update it.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening and how to stop it?

Many thanks,
M.

 

[jmcilhinney]

That does seem to suggest that there are two copies of something. How EXACTLY was this update deployed? Have you checked to make sure that there is only one version of the app installed?

 

[Mateus]

Updates are deployed via My.Application.Deployment.Update(). When the application loads, a thread checks for updates and installs them if found.

Strangely the old shortcut (without the '-1') also points to the new updated application. So the user gets two shortcuts both pointing to the same app.