What creates the directory "app.publish" in visual studio 2013?

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I switched over visual studio 2010 express, to visual studio 2013. Now, whenever I try to test the code, he says /bin/release/app.publish access is denied, giving back a error and forcing me to manually delete the folder. Every single time.

Why is visual studio attempting to create that path in the first place? Whenever I go there he is empty anyways.

I've only seen VS trying to create that kind of path when i used ClickOnce to publish applications.... Are you using it ? (in your project properties, it's the "Publish" tab) — Sidewinder94, May 09 '15 at 18:23
It was not on the publish tab, but rather in the "security one". It solved it anyways, Thank you very much — desiredness, May 10 '15 at 03:01
Could you post what you found as an answer so that anybody having the same question can found one ? — Sidewinder94, May 11 '15 at 17:48

score 113 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '15 at 18:27

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I was experimenting with ClickOnce, then decided against using it, then started noticing a MyApp.application file and app.publish folder in my bin directory. Unchecking "Enable ClickOnce security settings" on the Security tab did the trick for me.

ClickOnce Security Settings

answered May 29 '15 at 18:27

Nick Spreitzer

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It doesn't. It was just a question of curiosity. – Nick Spreitzer Jun 13 '17 at 03:07
If you don't use ClickOnce, you might also want to clean up the csproj file itself. The property groups `ManifestKeyFile` and `GenerateManifests` aren't needed. Same goes for the `app.manifest` file – Norbert Hüthmayr May 04 '21 at 19:01

What creates the directory "app.publish" in visual studio 2013?

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