Question

Plainly put, I have added as a resource to a visual studio project an exe file. How do I run this file? I’m coding in c#.

Answer 1

You can take Resource as byte[]

byte[] myResBytes = ...;
Assembly asm = Assembly.Load(myResBytes);
// search for the Entry Point
MethodInfo method = asm.EntryPoint;
if(method == null) throw new NotSupportedException();
// create an instance of the Startup form Main method
object o = asm.CreateInstance(method.Name);
// invoke the application starting point
method.Invoke(o, null);

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