Visual Studio 2015 Debuggin Software Doesnt Want To Cooperate

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So I've made a software, I debugged it & it created a Exe when I press it in the folder it works fine, if I move the exe outisde the folder it says the program has stopped working, if I create a folder and add the two dll files with the exe it works, how to I merge those 3 items together or how do I release a standalone exe that people can use even if they dont have all the files I do on my computer.

Posted 28-Oct-15 16:11pm

Christoffer Nilsson

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phil.o 28-Oct-15 22:27pm

Which two dll files? You are not talking about a multi-project solution, nor about any external library referenced. How can we know? Remember, we do not have access to your screen, hard-drive, nor mind :)
Please press the "Improve question" button at the bottom of your question, and qualify it with relevant details about your project/solution.

Christoffer Nilsson 28-Oct-15 23:20pm

AxInterop.WMPLib.ddl & Interop.WMPLib.dll

phil.o 28-Oct-15 23:25pm

Unfortunately for you, these are interop libraries, which means non-.NET, unmanaged dlls, of which I don't think it would be possible to incorporate the source code.
You might follow Philippe Mori's advise, and create a setup project that will create a nice-and-clean .msi file with everything included.

Christoffer Nilsson 28-Oct-15 23:28pm

How would I go by on making one of those MSI's ?

phil.o 28-Oct-15 23:39pm

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Installer Projects would be a good place to start with :)

Christoffer Nilsson 29-Oct-15 0:38am

Thank you so much I will go from there! I will try to figure out how to mark that as a solution!

phil.o 29-Oct-15 0:45am

I will update my solution with the link, if you want to.

Christoffer Nilsson 29-Oct-15 1:04am

I would love to!

Philippe Mori 28-Oct-15 23:08pm

You might also be able to merge DLL in some cases. I never tried it. Usually, if you have assembly or even a single executable, you do an installer anyway. That way, you program appears in Add/Remove programs as user would expect.

Christoffer Nilsson 28-Oct-15 23:24pm

Those are the only two thing I need in the same folder as the exe itself to get it to work but I want to be able to start the exe without having to have the two dll files in the same folder I want to be able to just upload the exe & for someone to download it and use it, Do you know to to save the project like that? How to render it out of Visual Studio as an exe that I can send to people for them to use.

phil.o 28-Oct-15 23:26pm

This would be worth an answer :)

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Thank you Phil.o for the answer!

Posted 28-Oct-15 18:38pm

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28T16:33:00

The only thing that can be said is that if your application references external libraries (controls, for example, or a library to zip and unzip files, or a MVVM framework, or whatever), then you must ditribute these libraries along with your application.

If you have access to the source code of the library, and if its licence allows you to do so, you may instead include the source files of the library in your own project.
This would allow you to get rid of the reference to the library (dll); library objects will be compiled into your own executable, and you won't have to distribute external dlls anymore.

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Installer Projects[^] would be a good place to start with :)
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