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Krishna
Krishna

Reputation: 3007

How does Windows 8 app update mechanism deal with existing files in ApplicationData.LocalFolder?

I'm about to publish an update to my Win8 app.

How does the Win8 app store handle updates? Will the application data folder be kept intact when a new version is installed? How does ApplicationData.SetVersionAsync() affect this?

Will there be seperate sub-folders for each version?

I need to make sure all the user's data is brought forward to the new version of my app. I'll take care of data file formats - but I just need to know how the folders will be handled by the update mechanism.

Any clues?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 194

Answers (1)

Krishna
Krishna

Reputation: 3007

Found the answer!

http://t.co/rIUFkpgv

I found that article on MSDN about app data, which says:

...The system also preserves the contents of these data stores when the user installs an update to your app ...

So basically, app data stays in the same place - and the new version can simply read the old files and decide what to do!

Upvotes: 1

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