Ok I'm using ClickOnce for primary updating and installing to about 10 users.

I've never used a setup and deployment project before.

We're trying to come up with an automated beta testing method. Where I could direct 1 or 2 users to run the alternate program (with automatic updates hopefully) when I have something I think will work just fine, but since I don't do the work, I can't test it properly.

I've added a setup and deployment wizard project that does output all the files needed to run it, but once it has installed once, it requires them to go to their add/remove programs to remove the old version manually instead of doing it for them. I don't believe my users have access to this control panel, nor do I want them to have to do that rather than just remove automatically.

I'm testing the folder the executable is running from in the app, and if it contains 'beta' it's changing the main form's text to add ' Beta'.