visual studio customize the default build properties

Question

MyApp.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">    

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
    <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
    
    <TargetFrameworks>net48;net5.0-windows</TargetFrameworks>
    <Configurations>Release</Configurations>
    <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64;x86</Platforms>
    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    
    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>

  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64' And '$(TargetFramework)'=='net5.0-windows' And '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='win-x64'">
    <OutputPath>..\..\app\</OutputPath>
    <AssemblyName>my-app</AssemblyName>
    <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
    <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x86' And '$(TargetFramework)'=='net5.0-windows' And '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='win-x86'">
    <OutputPath>..\..\x86\app\</OutputPath>
    <AssemblyName>my-app</AssemblyName>
    <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
    <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
  </PropertyGroup>      
</Project>

these commands build both x64 and x86 assemblies in "....\app" and "....\x86\app" folders

msbuild.exe "MyApp.csproj" /t:restore;rebuild /p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64
msbuild.exe "MyApp.csproj" /t:restore;rebuild /p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86

but clicking Build (Ctrl+F5) or Debug (F5) in Visual Studio outputs to "bin\Release\net5.0-windows" directory.

how to force Build (Ctrl+F5) and Debug (F5) to do the same as this command:

msbuild.exe "MyApp.csproj" /t:restore;rebuild /p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64

Answer 1

Here is my code:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0-windows;net472</TargetFrameworks>
    <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
    <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
    <Configurations>Release</Configurations>
    <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64;x86</Platforms>
    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
  </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
        <OutputPath>..\..\app\</OutputPath>
        <AssemblyName>my-app</AssemblyName>
        <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
        <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x86'">
        <OutputPath>..\..\x86\app\</OutputPath>
        <AssemblyName>my-app</AssemblyName>
        <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
        <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

You can refer to the following steps to solve this problem:

1.Select target framework .net5.0-windows

2.Choose Platform x86

3.Debug your project with the button or F5

4.Change Platform x64 and Debug it.

5.Finally we can get these folders.