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Tincho-dev
Tincho-dev

Reputation: 13

What is the process to create a .exe file for a .NET MAUI Blazor application?

I have made a .NET MAUI application using Blazor. And I want to export my application to share with my client. So I want to give them an .exe file with the app to run in windows. How can I do it? I'm using VS 22

I tried to publish the app but the file is in other extension file type

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1851

Answers (1)

ToolmakerSteve
ToolmakerSteve

Reputation: 21321

Maui is deployed as an MSIX file, not as an exe. So that it can install needed dependencies:

.NET MAUI currently only allows publishing an MSIX package. You can't yet publish a Windows executable file for distribution.

Note that an MSIX file is always an "install" action. It isn't currently possible to deploy something that can be run without installation.

Upvotes: 1

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