Remove Older Version While Insatlling a new version of Application

[surajit_shah]

I have a windows Application.Now I have made a installer to install my application in the other systems.Its working fine,but when I am seeing the Control Panel>Add/Remove Program there I can see more than one Application installed with the same name.I think ,I am not able to remove the older version of my previously installed application and its also residing in the Programs Files with my newly installed application , and it can create more problems in future.So how can I remove the older version of my previously installed application automatically when trying to install a newer version of the application ???? Help me.Thanks in advance.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you are creating the setup package through visual studio then check the properties of the setup package - there is an option to uninstall previous versions.

 

[surajit_shah]

First of all thanks for such a quick reply.
I am using Visual Studio.Net 2005 to make setup, there is a property Called RemovePreviousVersion ,where I set the status of the property true.But it did not solve my problem.Still I can see more than one Application with the same name when I am trying to install my application with the new setup.Help me .

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Are you increasing the version number of the setup package each time? It will only work if you do.

 

[karthizen]

HI,

I am also experiencing the same problem. I have incremented the version number, however the already installed program doesnot get removed from the control panel's Add or remove programs section.

Can someone help me on this?

Regards,
Karthik

 

[joe_pool_is]

@karthizen: You will need to ensure the "ProductName" property in your Deployment project is the same. Do not change it from "MyApp 1.1" to "MyApp 1.2".