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c#winformspublish
Theun Arbeider
Theun Arbeider

Reputation: 5419

publish winforms application without install

I've been creating winforms application for a while now, but i've never really published one to other people before.

Recently I started doing this but every time I publish my build, the user requires to de-install his current installation and install the new one.

Is there any way to remove this, so I'll only have to send a .exe file which they can use without any form of installing?

I've attempted to send the .exe file in the bin/debug/ but this only seems to work on computers where Visual Studio is installed.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9177

Answers (3)

Alex Z
Alex Z

Reputation: 1442

1) Change from Debug to Release in Solution Configurations

Solution Configuration

2) Right click on your project and click rebuild

3) Go to your bin=>Release=> app.publish for your exe version

4) Copy over any required .dll files,any .config files and any other resource/image files you need from bin=>Release to bin=>Release=> app.publish.

Your app.publish folder should now contain all the files required to run your form, and can be copied or zipped up and send to anyone who needs to use it !

Upvotes: 3

alex
alex

Reputation: 12654

You can try using ClickOnce as an installation method. It even has a built-in auto-update, so you can publish your application to a web server, and all existing installations will download latests version automatically.

To configure ClickOnce go to corresponding tab in your project settings.

Upvotes: 0

Obama
Obama

Reputation: 2612

Go to your solution and set the CopyLocal to true for all projects, this will ensure that the ..\Bin folder contains all the necessary assemblies for your program. Then just zip up the ..\Bin folder, get it onto the client machine, and then unzip it.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 4

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