How to implement "When the maui project is executed and compiled to generate an EXE, how to place all the dependent dll files of the EXE in the libs directory under the EXE directory"

Question

I am a beginner of MAUI. I developed a simple Windows project using maui.

I now encounter a problem. The problem is that the compilation result of this project will copy all the dependent DLLs of the EXE to the same directory of the EXE.

These DLLs include basic DLLs of .net7 such as [System.Text.Json.dll], etc. Since the number of DLLs reaches more than 400, the execution directory is very confusing.

That's why I wrote today to ask how to "When the maui project is executed and compiled to generate an EXE, how to place all the dependent dll files of the EXE in the libs directory under the EXE directory"

Answer 1

Hello,

I now encounter a problem. The problem is that the compilation result of this project will copy all the dependent DLLs of the EXE to the same directory of the EXE.

This is decided by VS. For debugging during compilation, VS will place all dependent files in the project folder.

That's why I wrote today to ask how to "When the maui project is executed and compiled to generate an EXE, how to place all the dependent dll files of the EXE in the libs directory under the EXE directory"

For packaging and publishing MAUI applications on Windows, you can refer to this official document to package and publish them as msix files.

• Publish a .NET MAUI app for Windows.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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