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Aykhan Hagverdili
Aykhan Hagverdili

Reputation: 29985

Can't find C# executable

I created a new project in Visual Studio 2019 and named it SimpleCSharpApp. Wrote a simple HelloWorld application and compiled in Debug Mode. Now I need the executable (the .exe file to be more exact). It is supposed to be in SimpleCSharpApp/bin/Debug, but it isn't there. There's a single directory named netcoreapp2.1 which contains the following files: 

SimpleCSharpApp.deps.json  
SimpleCSharpApp.dll  
SimpleCSharpApp.pdb  
SimpleCSharpApp.runtimeconfig.dev.json  
SimpleCSharpApp.runtimeconfig.json

How can I find the executable?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2304

Answers (1)

Benjamin
Benjamin

Reputation: 3826

I assume it's a dotnet core app since there is folder named netcoreapp2.1.

at the root of your project execute the following command to publish your app with executable files:

dotnet publish -c Release -r <RID> --self-contained false

RID is the runtime identitfier, such as win-x64 or whatever platform you want to have build for.

If you want to get DLL then :

dotnet yourappname.dll

The "dll" file works across different platforms that are supported by the .net core runtime such windows, linux, and macOS.

If you want to get the executable file on every Visual Studio build without firing any command, then edit your .csproj file by adding the following line between <PropertyGroup></PropertyGroup> section:

  <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>

now when you build there is a folder called win10-x64 inside netcoreapp2.1 that contains the executable.

Upvotes: 4

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