Visual Studio 2022 EXE require supporting DLLs

Question

I created a Console application, utilizing DOTNET Framework 4.8 in the latest version of Visual Studio 2022. I conducted a Clean and rebuild of the Console App to create its EXE file. Then, I moved the generated EXE from the Release BIN folder to another folder on my Server for production. However, when I called and executed the EXE, I get an error that supporting DLLs were missing. I am using SendGrid to send emails from within the EXE and did install the Nuget Package to support the SendGrid functionalities.

In order for the EXE to work, I had to also drag all the generated DLLs from the release folder. This was never the case before.

How do I compile the EXE so it works as is into one single file?

Answer 1

See Microsoft Learn Single file deployment and executable