[c#] Compile to stand alone exe for C# app in Visual Studio 2010

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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!

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.

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.

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.

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...

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