ClickOnce updates for WPF App installed using MSI

Is it possible to install a WPF开发者_高级运维4 Net 4.0 application using a MSI Installer (Advanced Installer) and still leverage ClickOnce's application updates? I'm not talking XBAP but a full desktop app.

I'm asking this question because I've read conflicting statements on the web and here on SO.

Can you wrap that in an MSI and deploy it as a prerequisite to the ClickOnce application?

You can't install an application with an MSI and then use ClickOnce to update it -- it must be installed as a ClickOnce app to start with.

You might be able to zip up the ClickOnce deployment and then unzip it on the customer size and install it from the local folder. If the Installation URL in the manifest is correct, I think that will work. I can't advise further on that, since my expertise is only in ClickOnce deployment.