Updating Creative Suite Extensions

Hi, I'm building an InDesign extension via Adobe Extension Builder.
The extension should be able to check for updates and, if available, download ZXP file and openWithDefaultApplication. Everything works fine up to the moment of installation itself. The Adobe Extension Manager CS5 tells me that there is a conflict and I need to uninstall previous version of the extension first.
The exact message:
This extension cannot be installed, since it conflicts with an existing one. To install this extension, please remove the extension 'ExtensionName' which has been installed in 'InDesign CS5', then install again.
The only differences beteween the two are:
./csxs/manifest.xml
<Extension Id="ExtensionID" Version="0.5.0"/>
<Extension Id="ExtensionID" Version="0.5.1"/>
./extensionApp.xml
<version>0.5.0</version>
<version>0.5.1</version>
And of course, the SWF files are different
Did I forget something or is it impossible to create self-updating CS5 extensions? Of course, I tried googling first but found absolutely nothing on the matter.
Thanks,
Peter

Hello Peter,
me too I'm not a big AEM fan, I've slowly been accustomed to it
I see no way to bypass the AEM alert, though - it has its own logic, perhaps: you make the program to install a newer version of an already installed extension, so it alerts a conflict. Yes, I agree, it should be a little bit smarter (it's ok to automatically remove version 1 if you're about to install version 1.1 of the very same panel) maybe it doesn't recognize the process as an update.
As a side note, it doesn't prompt anything strange when you update an extension via AEM, it works as expected.
Cheers,
Davide

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