How to compile the finished C project and then run outside Visual Studio

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I just finished designing a simple code program  I called it a  Guessing Game   The program is so far working fine and I would like to open it without opening my Microsoft Visual Studio    How can I do that

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On your project folder  open up the bin Debug subfolder and you ll see the compiled result

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The easiest way is    Find the drop-down box at the top of Visual Studio s window that says Debug Select Release Hit F6 to build it Switch back to Debug and then close Visual Studio Open Windows Explorer and navigate to your project s folder  My Documents Visual Studio 200x Projects my project   Now go to bin Release  and copy the executable from there to wherever you want to store it Make shortcuts as appropriate and enjoy your new game

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If you cannot find the  exe file  rebuild your solution and in your  Output  from Visual Studio the path to the file will be shown   Build solution path

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In the project file is folder  bin debug your appliacion name exe   This is final executable program file

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I m using Visual Studio 2017    Go to dropdown box build  Choose Pubish Guessing Game  or whatever your project is called  Wiz Box opens so tell it where to publish it and click Next  Choose how to install  I usually choose CD-ROM   click Next  Choose updates check  I usually choose no check  click Next  Click Finish   It will publish  complete with setup file to the location you specified   Hope this helps

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Compile the Release version as  exe file  then just copy onto a machine with a suitable version of  NET Framework installed and run it there  The  exe file is located in the bin Release subfolder of the project folder

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