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An overview of the various projects in the Squirrel.Windows Visual Studio solution and how they relate to different aspects of the update process.
| Project / Assembly Name | Libraries (NuGet) | Libraries (NuGet) | Releases Directory (releasify output) | MyApp (install location) | | -------------------------------- | --------- | ----- | ------------------ | ------------- | ----------- | | Core NuGet.Squirrel.dll | NuGet.Squirrel.dll | | | | | Squirrel Squirrel.dll | Squirrel.dll | | | | | SyncRelease SyncRelease.exe | | SyncRelease.exe | | | | Update Update.exe | | Squirrel.exe | | Update.exe | | Setup Setup.exe | | Setup.exe | Setup.exe (+MyApp.Latest.nupkg) | | | WriteZipToSetup WriteZipToSetup.exe | | WriteZipToSetup.exe | | |
- Project / Assembly Name: Solution project name (from Squirrel.sln) and output assembly name.
- Libraries (NuGet): Program libraries installed added as references in your MyApp solution when adding the Squirrel.Windows NuGet package to your project.
- Libraries (NuGet): Executable tools included in the Squirrel.Windows NuGet package used to prepare deployments via the Package Manager Console (e.g., Squirrel.exe).
- Releases Directory (releasify output): Directory where the Squirrel --releasify process outputs the packages and Setup application for your project (e.g., MyAppSourceCode/Releases).
- MyApp (install location): MyApp install directory (e.g., %LOCALAPPDATA%\MyApp) where the application is actually installed and updated via Squirrel.Windows.
Note: Note that the Squirrel.exe application found in the tools directory of the Squirrel.Windows NuGet package is actually a renamed version of the Update.exe application (see Squirrel.Windows\src\Squirrel.nuspec)
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