Question

From the bin > Debug folder it’s clear I will need to copy the executable and the main config file to whatever machine I need to run this basic console application on. What other files are needed (what is the manifest file’s purpose for example)?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to copy

• Executable
• Related assemblies
• Configuration File

This is the basic stuff. There might be more, but that depends on your specific case.

For debugging purposes you might consider moving .pdb files.

As other people already said, for production purposes you’re supposed to deploy the release build and not the debug one.