| The following Setup and Deployment projects are available in Visual Studio .NET: - Setup Project
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This template creates a Microsoft Installer ( .msi ) file designed to install a normal Windows application and any associated components . This project type can install any of the non-web project types, whether you are using .NET, ATL, MFC, or just raw Win32. - Web Setup Project
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This template creates a Microsoft Installer ( .msi ) file designed to install a web application. (This can be used to install any kind of application, not just web applications. For example, if you wanted to make a Windows Forms Application available for download from a web server, you could use this project type to build an installer that would put the application executable on a web server.) - Merge Module Project
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This template creates a merge module ( .msm ) file. Merge modules can be integrated into MSI projects and are ideal for reusable components that might want to be installed as part of a larger application. (COM components and .NET class libraries are usually packaged as merge modules. Applications that use these components merge the MSM into their own MSI.) - Setup Wizard
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This item runs a wizard, which will create a project using one of the other templates in this category. The template selected depends on the input you supply to the wizard. - Cab Project
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This template creates a Cabinet ( .cab ) file. |