Click Once - All Users

Question

How to I configure click-once to install apps for all users. On another forum I got to \'use MSI\' - thanks - but how. Also, the first installing user may not be admin - whi

Answer 1

If you need to install / upgrade for all users on a PC, Clickonce is not an option. Clickonce is meant for installing an application for a single user without administrative rights.

You will need to create a MSI installer to distribute an application to multiple users on the same machine. There are multiple ways to deploy and update applications on clients when the client does not have administrative rights. A few examples:

• Advertise your MSI in Active Directory, installation and upgrade does not require administrative privileges.
• Use System Center Update Publisher (SCUP) to publish your application to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). With WSUS you can deploy Microsoft updates, and your application. Both WSUS and SCUP are freely available for download.
• Use Group Policy to elevate installers (not a recommended solution!), to enable non-admins to install MSIs for all users

Hope this helps.