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Getting Started Guide

Getting Started will walk you through the integration of Squirrel.Windows for a basic c# Windows Forms application named MyApp.

MyApp

MyApp simply displays the assembly location and application version on a simple form.

For simplicity, any unneeded references and files have been removed from the solution.

If you wish to follow along, you can download a zip file of the MyApp solution.

Overview

This guide will go over the following steps to demonstrate using Squirrel.Windows to distribute and update MyApp.

1. Integrating - integrating Squirrel UpdateManager into your application.
2. Packaging - packaging application files and preparing them for release.
3. Distributing - providing install and update files for users.
4. Installing - process of initial installation of your application.
5. Updating - process of updating an existing install.

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Next: 1. Integrating