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Asked: 2026-06-08T03:12:12+00:00

I using a sql-server compact database within a c# winform project. If I look

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I using a sql-server compact database within a c# winform project.

If I look at the files that make up the solution I can see a copy of the exe and the sdf file in both of the following folders:

  1. /bin/Debug/
  2. /bin/Release/

If I double-click and exe in 1. then it updates the sdf in 1. and likewise for the exe/sdf in 2.

When I open VS I assume I’m playing around with the files in 1. ?

When do the files in 2. get overwritten ?

When I publish the project using a Click-Once install which files are being used to create the .application file ?

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The generic post above hasn’t solved my problem but it has somewhat confused things further. Here is the specific scenario which I was hoping answers to the above would solve:

The development Solution folder is saved on a USB pen drive.
This Solution includes a database file.
I have publish to my home PC
I have published to my work PC.
I’m happy carrying the pen drive around and plugging in to either PC.
How do I set things up so that if I update the database only one version of the data exists?

I’ve changed the solution to Expert Settings and exposed the configuration manager – can this help?:

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  1. Editorial Team

    What is the difference between Debug and Release in Visual Studio?
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kkz9kefa(v=vs.110).aspx

    those are two diffrent configurations of the project.

    and those are built into diffrent folders

    the clikc once files are probably based on what is the current ACTIVE CONFIGURATION

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