Compile to a stand-alone executable (.exe) in Visual Studio

c# c++ visual-studio executable console-application
Mohit Deshpande picture Mohit Deshpande · Jan 9, 2010 · Viewed 294.9k times · Source

how can I make a stand-alone exe in Visual Studio. Its just a simple Console application that I think users would not like to install a tiny Console application. I compiled a simple cpp file using the visual studio command prompt. Will the exe work even if the .NET framework is not installed? I used native C++ code.

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Marlon picture Marlon · Jan 9, 2010

Inside your project folder their is a bin folder. Inside your bin folder, there are 2 folders, a Release and a Debug. For your polished .exe, you want to go into your Release folder.

I'm not quite sure if thats what youre asking

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