How to: Automatically Increment the ClickOnce Publish Version
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When publishing a ClickOnce application, changing the Publish Version property causes the application to be published as an update. By default, Visual Studio automatically increments the Revision number of the Publish Version each time you publish the application.
You can disable this behavior on the Publish page of the Project Designer.
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To disable automatically incrementing the Publish Version
With a project selected in Solution Explorer, on the Project menu, click Properties.
Click the Publish tab.
In the Publish Version section, clear the Automatically increment revision with each release check box.
See Also
How to: Set the ClickOnce Publish Version
Publishing ClickOnce Applications
How to: Publish a ClickOnce Application using the Publish Wizard