Compile to stand alone exe for C app in Visual Studio 2010

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Similar to this question Compile to a stand-alone executable   exe  in Visual Studio  But nothing there works for me   I ve written an app that is very simple in C    I want this to compile to a stand alone exe file  but I can t seem to find the proper settings to do this   Everything compiles into a publish folder and there is only the setup install files   Thanks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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