What Is ClickOnce? - How It Works, How It Updates, and Where It Fits (and Doesn't) in Practice (archived 2026-07-27)
An overview of ClickOnce, the deployment technology used for .NET Windows desktop apps - manifests, updates, the cache, signing, and which projects it suits or doesn't, with Mermaid diagrams. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/04/13/001-clickonce-what-is/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-04-13.
Authors
- Go Komura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8895-8390)
Institutions
- Fujikura (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21614613
- Primary Topic
- Mobile and Web Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00