Sorry to get into this conversation so late but I have information which may
do exactly what you desire and bypass the user option to skip the update...
In the Project properties page, on the Publish tab you can choose one of two
options under Install Mode and Settings. The "Online Only" option will
certainly do what you want but I do not think it is the best answer for your
question.
Here is a better solution to your question, I believe:
Select the option "The application is available offline as well" and then
click the Updates button. Select the options that most closely adhere to your
requirements. The trick to making the Skip option go away is to check the
"minimum required version" checkbox and specify the current version in the
four text boxes.
This will allow the application to launce, check for updates and force the
install if the user current version is less than the version you specified in
your last publishing.
I hope this helps... I still like the back hand method myself. Any pointers
for sore knuckles? <grin>
Good Luck...
-greg
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" wrote:
Hi Cadel,
Are you working on a ClickOnce deployment app? I think we cannot skip the
popup question, it is by design. Also, it's not a good practice to skip
that popup, the download process might be long and the user should know
what is happening on their computers, and they should have a control to the
software installation on their computers.
Kevin Yu
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