Key features comparison between clickonce and Windows Installer
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Clickonce |
Windows Installer |
| Install Files |
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| Create shortcuts |
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| Associate file extensions file type binding |
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| Install services |
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| Install to GACProgramSet to GAC |
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| Manage ODBC management/Operation ODBC |
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| Manage COM + manage/operate COM + |
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| Write to registry write the Registry |
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| Advertising |
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| Self-repair Automatic Repair |
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| File/folder/Registry Permissions file/folder/Registry permission Control |
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| Install-time user interaction user information during installation |
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| Install for all users |
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| Custom Actions at install/uninstall custom installation/uninstall Behavior |
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| Installation conditions/system interrogation installation prerequisites |
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| Auto-update and Scheduling Automatic/scheduled upgrade |
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| Forced update of forced updates |
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| Security sandboxing |
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| Download/install assemblies on demand download and install the Assembly as needed |
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| Rollback to previous version rollback (recovery) to the previous version |
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For more information, seeArticleChoosing between clickonce and Windows Installer