Determine ClickOnce UpdateUri / Install Address

Its hard to find Informations about the place where the UpdateUri is saved on a windows machine. The only information i was found is where the binaries of a ClickOnce application is stored.

This whould be: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\ (Vista) C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\ (XP)

The UpdateUri of a particular application can be found in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[APP-ID]\UrlUpdateInfo

The key will contain a string like this: http://somedomain.com/ApplicationName/ApplicationName.application

If this address is called in the browser (InternetExplorer or Firefox with AddOn), the application starts to install.

If you change the ApplicationName.application to publish.htm, a install page will be displayed.