How to compress all files into a single .exe

Question

Goodnight,

The C# program that I am generating has a lot of files

• app1.exe.config
• app1.exe.manifest
• app1.pdb

And if I add something to the project even more, there will be a lot of DLL and also XML

• Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• Newtonsoft.Json.xml

Isn't there a simple way to compile everything into one .exe?

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Answer 1

Hi @Ewerton Dutra , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

You can check the documentation of Single-file. The official support is to this extent.

Environment:Vs 2019 and above

Project :.Net Core 3.1 and above

Console Application:

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1. Click Folder and Next:

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2. Click Folder and Next:

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3. Click Finish:

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4. Show all settings->self-contained->win-x64->produce a single file:

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5. That's the exe.

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Best Regards,

Jiale

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