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JonAlb
JonAlb

Reputation: 1720

Renaming a WP7 Application that has already been deployed to the MarketPlace, Existing Data?

I have a WP7 App in the MarketPlace and I want to rename this app as its existing name clashes with an existing website. If I publish the App with the new name to the marketplace will the existing settings a files in Isolated Storage continue to work with the new app with the different name? I want to make sure that existing users wont loose any data if I change the apps name.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1621

Answers (2)

Claus Jørgensen
Claus Jørgensen

Reputation: 26346

You can change the name displayed on the phone. However, re-naming the "title" on the marketplace is a no-go.

It's been somewhat possible in the past, but with the new AppHub it's most definitively not possible anymore.

Upvotes: 1

Visual Stuart
Visual Stuart

Reputation: 661

It looks to me like you're out of luck. Resubmitting you application with a new name will be a new application (AFAICT there is not a clear way around that), so it won't have access to the isolated storage for a different application.

Maybe you can consider submitting an upgrade to the existing application that will transfer the data somewhere (post to a web service or some such), in conjunction with your new application that can retrieve that information on a one-time basis.

Best luck!

Upvotes: 2

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