Explanation of the files created by WPF on publishing

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I manage to compile a program and it created all this files:

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The program geting installed and runs properly but I only wanted to create a standalone program .exe without setup, without certificates and without to require any other files to run, except the .exe

Can you guys explain me why are all this files for?

What I have tried:

nothing yet nothing yet nothing yet

Posted 23-Mar-19 6:37am

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Updated 23-Mar-19 6:53am

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-23T06:54:00

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They are the files created by the Publish option. If you just want the .exe file then use Build to create it, but do not use Publish.

Posted 23-Mar-19 6:54am

Richard MacCutchan