ClickOnce deployment and installation path on my PC

Question

I have a application that I deployed to web server. Users go to "publish.htm" deployment web page to install my vb.net application. I have a very simple question , but I can't quite figure out. Where is the application installed? I don't think it is installed under "Program Files" like others.

Answer 1

ClickOnce deployment is designed to have zero-impact on the host machine so ClickOnce apps are installed into user folders in order not to have any impact on the host machine and not to require admin rights.

On Vista/Win7 this location is SysDrive:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Apps\ folder and on XP boxes I think the folder is SysDrive:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\ if I recall correctly.

On Vista/7 you can easily find this location buy opening Task Manager and clicking on the 'Open File Location' menu item of your application's context menu.