ClickOnce File Association

Question

I have a console application that I\'m deploying using ClickOnce. Once the user installs the program the associations are set but the associated program is the installer(Cl

Answer 1

I think this is just a misunderstanding of how ClickOnce works. A ClickOnce application's main exe is never launched directly. Applications are started through the deployment manifest (.application file) on the server. If you open your application's start menu shortcut in a text editor you can see it points back to the .application file, not the local .exe.

This allows all the update magic to happen. If your .aav file was associated to the local .exe, the user wouldn't get any updates when opening the application through a .aav file.

You stated it "launches the installer" when you double click a file; does your application start after that? Could you explain the final result you are expecting?