Remove Older Version While Insatlling a new version of Application

Question

I have a windows Application.Now I have made a installer to install my application in the other systems.Its working finebut when I am seeing the Control Panel>Add/Remove Program there I can see more than one Application installed with the same name.I think I am not able to remove the older version of my previously installed application and its also residing in the Programs Files with my newly installed application  and it can create more problems in future.So how can I remove the older version of my previously installed application automatically when trying to install a newer version of the application ???? Help me.Thanks in advance.

Ryan Alford · Answer

click on your Setup & Deployment project and set the RemovePreviousVersions to true. Also before you build change the Version property. This will give you a prompt to change the Product Code and choose YES. now build and install. it will remove the previous version. make sure that you change the Version before each build. this is what tells the installer that it's a different version.