Deploy a portable application using vb.net like vb6

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Hi good evening everyone.

is there any way to to release/publish VB.Net applications like portable applications in vb6 like it doesn't need to be installed to be able to use.

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Posted 18-May-12 7:56am

JMAM

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2012-05-18T08:21:00

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VB.net applications require .net to be installed first.

However after that you can deploy your application EXE and all the DLL files used in one directory and your application will work by just copy deploying to your target machine.

Posted 18-May-12 8:21am

Mehdi Gholam

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JMAM 18-May-12 14:38pm

.Net? Did you mean .Net framework? Yes i know that i can deploy my application but when i deploy it became an installer/Setup type that you have to install it first before you can use the program i would like something like what vb6 can do make an executable software without installing it.

Dave Kreskowiak 18-May-12 14:54pm

No. If the machine already has the correct version of the .NET Framework installed on it, you dot NOT need to install your app. You just need the .EXE and whatever supporting files in the same folder on whatever media you're toting around.

This, of course, is limited by many factors depending on what your app is doing/using.

JMAM 18-May-12 15:19pm

first of all i would like to thank you for spending sometime to help however i have the correct version of .net framework and visual studio but all that happens when i deploy it is like an installer. my prototype program doesn't need other dll's because it's very simple.