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I've made a simple calculator. My VB.Net (WinForm) App is inside Bin\Debug.
I have some files. These are the files:

  • AppName.exe
  • AppName.pdb
  • AppName.vshost.exe
  • AppName.vshost.exe.manifest
  • AppName.xml

What I want to do is to run my app on another computer. I've installed the right Framework, in this case is 4.0

Could anybody help me telling me if I've got to copy all files (to the other computer) to run my app, or just the AppName.exe is enough?

Karl Anderson
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Build your application in Release mode and then copy the contents of bin\Release to the other computer. Create a shortcut on the new computer to AppName.exe and rename it to an appropriate name if you wish.

Note: Building in Release mode does not include the .pdb files, which are necessary for proper debugging and it also optimizes the compiled code.

Karl Anderson
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  • By default it is indeed disabled, though including the pdb files (you can set it in the Release build properties as "pdb-only") can greatly improve the logging of errors (and locating problems in your code). Also read [this great answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5457250/578843). – Styxxy Nov 04 '13 at 22:42