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I'm used to VS2008, in which a release build would be built upon pressing F6, or in the menu Build > Build Solution.

The build menu is gone, and although I can build the solution (through F6), it only builds the debug.

I assume there is some kind of configuration manager now, but I can't find it anywhere.

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If you have no Build Menu in Visual Studio 2010 Express, go to the menu Tools -> Settings -> select 'Expert Settings'

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Right-click solution > Configuration manager. Sorry for not looking more before asking.

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Also see this thread: How to switch between debug/release in Visual c# 2010 express

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Microsoft Visual C# 2010 express:

I hope you are facing a problem to get the build for release(.exe).

I hope the following steps will help you.Anyway i faced such a problem and solved by this.good luck.

Build > configuration manager > set active solution configuration to Release

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Here's an answer to the same question that has not been propagated here yet: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3127008/78162 Namely, you also need to go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions and turn on "Show advanced build configurations."

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