I have developed a C# console application using VS2010. Now i would like to make it into a setup.exe. Is it possible to have this setup.exe as a standalone file to run my program? Meaning how can i achieve in obtaining setup.exe that when i click on that file it will run my console without even opening VS and without the need of my project folder on the workstation.
I have tried numerous time doing myself but failed up till now.
Some advice please.
Thanks,
10e5x
You can publish it. Go to your solution explorer. Right click on it. publish the application. After finishing the publishing wizard, you can get the set up file in publish folder.
or
you can simply copy the exe file directly from the Bin folder and paste it wherever you want.
Hope this is helpful.
Follow the Steps
1) Firslty build the code
2) Then go to your projects folder
3) Open Debug/Bin
4) Inside Bin you can see the exe file. That file you can copy on any work station and run your console application.
Please do remember be confirm in which .NET version ur program is compiled. If suppose you compiled your program in .NET version 3.5 and running your program in .NET version 2 . It will not work
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I have written a game using C# in VS Code. I have installed .NET Core 3.1 on my computer and the C# extension but I don't know how to export it as an .exe as when I try using the .exe and .exe extensions inside of the bin then debug on a computer without .NET installed then it doesn't work.
Is it possible to put everything necessary to run the game inside of the game folder it self without need .NET installed on the computer running it?
Solution 1: right-click the project name which is beneath the solution name and above the properties you can find it in the solution explorer, once you have right clicked the project name there should be a button named publish. If you then go through all of the steps then it should give you an executable.
Solution 2: if you go into file explorer and find where your project is saved you can then go into the folder bin and then there should be a .exe there
we are currently developing an application using Visual Studio 10 in C#.
After creating the setup project (Wizard) and building it we come up with two files: respectively msi and exe.
In synthesis I've read that the .exe file is a "wrap file" since it wraps the .msi file and basically after checking for the prerequisites it runs the .msi file. What we want is to deploy the application in a single file that both checks for prerequisites (we expecially need to install sql server compact 4.0, but it works just fine if we run the exe file) and installs them if they aren't available and installs the application itself as well (with the files included in the msi), because it makes it easier to distribute and more "user friendly".
Do you know any simple solution to achieve that?
Thank you guys in advance for the reply.
The most simple solution would be using a selfextracting .exe tool. IEXPRESS.exe is already included in Windows. There are of course some with more features.
I've been creating winforms application for a while now, but i've never really published one to other people before.
Recently I started doing this but every time I publish my build, the user requires to de-install his current installation and install the new one.
Is there any way to remove this, so I'll only have to send a .exe file which they can use without any form of installing?
I've attempted to send the .exe file in the bin/debug/ but this only seems to work on computers where Visual Studio is installed.
Go to your solution and set the CopyLocal to true for all projects, this will ensure that the ..\Bin folder contains all the necessary assemblies for your program. Then just zip up the ..\Bin folder, get it onto the client machine, and then unzip it.
Hope this helps!
1) Change from Debug to Release in Solution Configurations
2) Right click on your project and click rebuild
3) Go to your bin=>Release=> app.publish for your exe version
4) Copy over any required .dll files,any .config files and any other resource/image files you need from bin=>Release to bin=>Release=> app.publish.
Your app.publish folder should now contain all the files required to run your form, and can be copied or zipped up and send to anyone who needs to use it !
You can try using ClickOnce as an installation method. It even has a built-in auto-update, so you can publish your application to a web server, and all existing installations will download latests version automatically.
To configure ClickOnce go to corresponding tab in your project settings.
HI,
I have a windows application in C#. I created and added a set up project to this solution. Then, built the solution. I refered to this link http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/SetupAndDeployment.aspx. I even added the shortcut of "Primary output of my application" to "User's Desktop" folder. But I am not able to find the installer file in Desktop, so that I can "double click" this installer file and install my Windows application.
KINDLY HELP ME WITH THE PROCEDURE THAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED AFTER CREATING A SET UP PROJECT, ADDING IT TO A SOLUTION AND BUILDING THE SOLUTION. WHERE AND HOW TO FIND THE INSTALLER FILE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I AM MISSING.
The installer file should be located in the bin folder of your installer project. Right click on the project in the project tree, and select "Open folder in windows explorer", and you'll find the bin directory.
The link on the desktop will only be present once the installer file has been run.
Whether this is 100% applicaple I don't know but it's something I'd think is worth a try which is if u know what the installer file is called why not do a search for that file to see if it's been stored somewhere else?
I apologise If I am stating the obvious to you, I have probably misunderstood your question if i am.
When you make a setup project the built setup files are in the Debug or Release folder of the setup project depending on your build settings
-setup.msi
-setup.exe for example
clicking setup.exe will run the install the application
You copy them to the user's desktop and click to install your application?
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You just compile it. In the bin\Release (or bin\Debug) folder, the .exe will be in there.
If you're asking how to make an executable which does not rely on the .NET framework at all, then that's a lot harder and you'll need to purchase something like RemoteSoft's Salamader. In general, it's not really worth the bother: Windows Vista comes with .NET framework 2.0 pre-installed already so if you're worried about that, you can just target the 2.0 framework (then only XP users would have to install the framework).
I am using visual studio 2010 to make a program on SMSC Server. What you have to do is go to build-->publish. you will be asked be asked to few simple things and the location where you want to store your application, browse the location where you want to put it.
I hope this is what you are looking for
Are you sure you selected Console Application? I'm running VS 2010 and with the vanilla settings a C# console app builds to \bin\debug. Try to create a new Console Application project, with the language set to C#. Build the project, and go to Project/[Console Application 1]Properties. In the Build tab, what is the Output path? It should default to bin\debug, unless you have some restricted settings on your workstation,etc. Also review the build output window and see if any errors are being thrown - in which case nothing will be built to the output folder, of course...
You can use the files from debug folder,however if you look at app debug informations with some inspection software,you can clearly see "Symbols File Name" which can reveals not wanted informations in path to the original exe file.
Press the start button in visual studio. Then go to the location where your solution is stored and open the folder of your main project then the bin folder. If your application was running in debug mode then go to the debug folder. If running in release mode then go to the release folder. You should find your exe there.
You can get single file EXE after build the console application
your Application folder - > bin folder -> there will have lot of files
there is need 2 files must and other referenced dlls
1. IMG_PDF_CONVERSION [this is my application name, take your application name]
2. IMG_PDF_CONVERSION.exe [this is supporting configure file]
3. your refered dll's
then you can move that 3(exe, configure file, refered dll's) dll to any folder that's it
if you click on 1st IMG_PDF_CONVERSION it will execute the application cool way
any calcification please ask your queries.