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# Visual Studio Solution Overview
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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