CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#-4.0visual-studio-2012
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai

Reputation: 1891

How to change the output name of an executable built by Visual Studio

I want to change name of executable file. Like suppose my project name is "SampleDemo" It will create executable file Like 'SampleDemo.exe' but I want to rename it to 'Demo.exe'

Upvotes: 146

Views: 155825

Answers (8)

ehiller
ehiller

Reputation: 1567

For projects targeting .NET Core and onward, it is possible to perform a custom action after the application as been published:

<Target Name="RenameOutputExecutable" AfterTargets="Publish">
    <Move SourceFiles="$(PublishDir)$(AssemblyName)" DestinationFiles="$(PublishDir)new-name-here"/>
    <Message Text="Renamed executable file from $(PublishDir)$(AssemblyName) to $(PublishDir)new-name-here" Importance="high"/>
</Target>

This will only take effect when publishing. Note that you might need to add the file extension .exe, if the file is not found.

Upvotes: 1

jnm2
jnm2

Reputation: 8364

To change the output file name without modifying the assembly name, you can include the following line in the primary <PropertyGroup> of your .csproj file:

<TargetName>Desired output name without extension</TargetName>

Upvotes: 47

Kamil
Kamil

Reputation: 1097

For a UWP app, right-click on the solution in Solution Explorer and select Rename.

Upvotes: 0

Omer Alp
Omer Alp

Reputation: 49

"Post-build event command line" in Build Events tab, would be an option. You can use:

copy $(TargetPath) $(TargetDir)demo.exe /Y

or

ren $(TargetPath) $(TargetDir)demo.exe /Y

Upvotes: 4

Ciberman
Ciberman

Reputation: 934

For me none of the answers worked in net6.

In my csproj file:

<PropertyGroup>
    <AssemblyName>MyCustomExecutableName</AssemblyName>
</PropertyGroup>

Tested in Net6, Windows. Using VS Code and buiding with dotnet run. This will change both the executable name and the dll file name.

Upvotes: 39

Andrey Aktanorovich
Andrey Aktanorovich

Reputation: 141

By MsBuild:

<Target Name="Rename" AfterTargets="AfterBuild">
    <Move SourceFiles="$(OUTDIR)\Application1.exe" DestinationFiles="$(OUTDIR)\ApplicationNew.exe" />
    <Message Text="Renamed executable file." Importance="high" />
</Target>

Change ApplicationName is not best way. For example if you used wpf resources, full path contains ApplicationName and after renaming executable file you need to change all full pathes in out application

<ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/Application1;component/Themes/CustomStyles.xaml"/>

In this situation I used msbuild.

Upvotes: 14

pollaris
pollaris

Reputation: 1321

Double Click 'My Project'

Click 'Package Manifest...'

Click 'Application'

Under 'Display Name' fill in the name you want your exe to be called.

In your case it would be: 'Demo' since you want the project name 'SampleDemo' to have an output exe named 'Demo'

Upvotes: 0

Ross McNab
Ross McNab

Reputation: 11587

  1. Open the Project Properties in Visual Studio (right click on project in Solution Explorer and select "Properties" from popup menu)
  2. On the "Application" tab of the properties window, change the "Assembly name"

Upvotes: 197

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