I have a Winforms project with a single .exe file as the primary output. I'm using a deployment project to distribute it, but the .exe file is not being updated when the new version is installed, meaning I have to ask the users to manually uninstall and then install the new version.

Here's what I'm doing:

• I increment the assembly version on the output project (which is the primary output of the deployment project)
• I increment the deployment project version (and update the product code when prompted)
• The deployment project is set to remove previous versions
• the 'Permanent' property on the .exe is set to False

I'm sure I've done this before successfully, but I can't seem to do it now. What am I doing wrong?

Edit: I got it to work by changing the file version in the project properties, as in this answer