Application exporting as DLL instead of EXE

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Application exporting as DLL instead of EXE

Hemanth B 886

Hi, I created a win form app in C# and added the Setup Project to the app. I added the primary output to the application folder in the file system of the Setup Project. But when I right click the primary output and click on Outputs, it shows these two files:
Mycalc.dll and Mycalc.runtimeconfig.json instead of .exe and .exe.config. Installing the application also installs the application as .DLL instead of .EXE. Pls help! I couldn't find anything that can help me in the web. My Project is .net 5.0

Lex Li 6,037 Reputation points

2021-06-20T18:45:12.893+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/migration/?view=netdesktop-5.0 You are doing .NET Core development, so there are tons of basic concepts you should learn. .exe.config is no longer the way to store application settings on .NET Core.

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Lex Li 6,037 Reputation points

2021-06-20T18:45:12.893+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/migration/?view=netdesktop-5.0 You are doing .NET Core development, so there are tons of basic concepts you should learn. .exe.config is no longer the way to store application settings on .NET Core.

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Ken Tucker 5,861

Try publishing the .net 5 app if you want an exe.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file

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