How to upgrade application for business user?

Question

We have WPF application which is created in .NET4.0. We have upgraded our application to .NET4.5 with a new version. Now, we are getting problem to install upgraded software in user's system. There are few thousands user using our app. It will take time and need human effort to install s/w in each and evryone's system.

Is there any automatic tool which can help us in deployment? How managesoft is working?

Regards, Ambarish

Answer 1

We used clickonce (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t71a733d%28v=vs.80%29.aspx) to deliver our WPF application, and all the related dependencies. It worked quite well, even with frequent automated upgrades.