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Josh
Josh

Reputation: 12566

C# - Publish .exe

I am just about done with my first Visual C#.net application, and I'm trying to publish it.

When I go to Project > Publish, all I seem to be able to make is a set of folders and files containing:

Is there any way that I can specify my deployment as a single file that contains all of the required install data?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 11146

Answers (3)

AliT
AliT

Reputation: 131

I found a solution for this:

Make sure your project is targeting .NET 5 or a later version

Open your project in Visual Studio, right-click on the project in Solution Explorer, and select Publish.

You can either create a new publish profile or use an existing one.

(To Create new publish profile):

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then In the Publish wizard, select the Show all setting. select the Deployment Mode as Self-contained. Choose the target runtime for your application. This could be win-x64 for a 64-bit Windows application. In the 'File Publish Option' section, check the 'Produce single file' option, and then proceed with the publish.

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Upvotes: 2

utopianheaven
utopianheaven

Reputation: 1277

Publish is used mainly for publishing websites (such as ASP.NET content). You can create a desktop installer by a special type of Visual Studio project. You can find it (in Visual Studio 2010) here:

File > New > Project > (Installed Templates: Other Project Types > Setup and Deployment < Visual Studio Installer) > Setup Wizard

Upvotes: 3

Davide Piras
Davide Piras

Reputation: 44605

do not use Publish, use the File -> new project -> Setup Wizard to create a setup.exe file which will install your windows application.

Upvotes: 5

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