Using the Bootstrapper to launch an EXE
Question
Is there any way I can have my Bootstrapper launch an EXE or file other than my .application / .msi?
Answer
Unfortunately the only way to have a Bootstrapper launch an EXE file is to use MSBuild to create setup.exe from the command line. This isn't too difficult, but you will need to hand-author an MSBuild targets file and manually build.
(You will also need to do this every time you want to deploy your application, or else the file hash information will be out of sync.)
For information on how to do that please refer to my blog post at: