Deploy a .exe and dependent .dll

Question

I have console project. It is developed in VS2010. It uses Mysql.net connector.

When I was developing in my machine, Every thing worked fine.

I copied the .exe to my friends laptop and tried to run it, but I got an error telling that Mysql.data.client not found.

I copied all the dlls in to the project folder. Everything worked fine.

Is there any way I can can build the .exe in such a way that I dont have to copy the Mysql.data.client to the other machine.

"Building .exe with all dependencies." Is that possible?

Please let me know.

possible duplicate of [can I include dll in exe (in visual studio) ?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/476993/can-i-include-dll-in-exe-in-visual-studio) — ChrisF, Oct 01 '10 at 19:24
Any adverse side effects of using dlls merged to one huge .exe file? — Daniel Mošmondor, Oct 19 '10 at 14:33
Here you go: [ILMerge](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/476993?sort=newest) — Aaron McIver, Oct 01 '10 at 19:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '10 at 14:28

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You can create a Setup Project to add to your Solution.

This will create an installable application (.msi) with all the included dependencies of your project.

answered Oct 19 '10 at 14:28

dhirschl

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