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I installed the Visual Stdio 2012 RC version the other day and was not very happy with it but there was nothing major, well at least nothing I could not overcome, mostly just a matter of getting use to it I guess.

Well then I attempted to import one of my older and bigger projects and received the list of errors.  Ok this is sort of normal but I was suprised to find that the error all revolved around the project's deployment projects.  Hum, so I did a wee bit if check and it seems VS 2012 no longer has a basic deployment option, yes Click Once is still that but not really acceptable for my application.  Yes we use it in house so I am aware of its use and have used it, don't like it but it has it place.

So I installed the InstallShield LE version, what a mess that was but ok they do have an import feature so I figured I could deal with it.  Most of my installations are simple copy files to computer, setup a couple links, and be done with it.  I do have more than a few customer that have switch to 0x64 so I normally create two version, one x86 and one x64.  This is more important for projects that I can't compile under any CPU.

Well that was a failure, it seems that InstallShield LE does not support x64 installs, I will have to upgrade to either the pro version or the premier version which are $2,400 & $4,500 respectively.

I my opinion this is a mistake on Microsoft's part.  I see no reason why I should have to invest that kind of money to do a simple install.  I will be looking into other deployment option since obviouly InstallShield is not acceptable.

I did find a link on the Visual Studio user voice website, if you care to vote on returning the basic setup and depoyment project, please do it here.