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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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