C# Microsoft Visual Studio Release Mode

Question

I created a C# project using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 in debug mode and then built it in release mode so that I could run the code on some other machine without Visual Studio. I was motivated by this.

Everything seemed to work fine. However, my ' .../bin/release ' folder has .dll files and not .exe which I could just copy and run from the other machine.

How could I work around this?

EDIT: Here's the solution explorer screenshot: enter image description here

What type of project? Did you change anything in the project properties by hand from defaults? — Alexei Levenkov, Aug 13 '12 at 21:07
what type of project is it (you can see it in the project's properties window)? — J. Ed, Aug 13 '12 at 21:07
What kind of Project is it? You should also check the "Active Solution Configuration" for Release builds - see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kwybya3w.aspx - it could be that your main project output isn't being built in a release build. — dash, Aug 13 '12 at 21:07
As the others have stated, we need a lot more information before we can help you. Maybe a screenshot of your solution explorer + what type of project it is? — George Stocker, Aug 13 '12 at 21:07
Is the Output Path on the .exe project properties (if it is one), set to "\bin\Release"? — DaveShaw, Aug 13 '12 at 21:17
@ Alexei Levenkov: No I did not change any properties manually. — NGambit, Aug 13 '12 at 21:30
That's an Excel file project. It isn't going to have an EXE. — SLaks, Aug 13 '12 at 21:31
@SLaks: Then is there a way to run the project without having Visual studio? — NGambit, Aug 13 '12 at 21:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '12 at 21:22

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Click Build, Publish within Visual Studio.

answered Aug 13 '12 at 21:22

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I did this and it created a setup file and a folder called 'Application files'... – NGambit Aug 13 '12 at 21:28
The 'application files' folder contains .deploy files ...but How could I run the project using these? – NGambit Aug 13 '12 at 21:32

C# Microsoft Visual Studio Release Mode

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