C# console app hangs when removed from Visual Studio directory

Question

I'm attempting to publish a C# console application, and I'm following this advice. However, when I copy my Debug folder in my Visual Studio project directory and paste it to my desktop, the program no longer runs. Instead, it hangs and doesn't even execute the Console.WriteLine command on the first line. Here is my debug folder:

Any clues as to what might be the problem?

If you can see the console window and nothing happens, I suppose the problem is in the source code. — NineBerry, May 15 '16 at 00:57
The app.publish folder suggests this is a OneClick installation. Is it? — Robert Harvey, May 15 '16 at 00:59
Why not take a Release configuration instead? That'll be stripped of any of the VS debug dependencies and tends to be more true to what's actually... well, released. — jleach, May 15 '16 at 00:59
@ NineBerry As stated, though, the first line of the code is a print statement, and nothing prints. — Joel Christophel, May 15 '16 at 00:59
@Robert Harvey Indeed, but it seems many have had success with this method + ClickOnce (see the link in my post) — Joel Christophel, May 15 '16 at 01:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '16 at 01:00

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Do you have any anti-virus installed? I had this problem, and the root cause was that my anti-virus would always block any binary file which is being executed from a path which is not white-listed by my anti-virus (I'm using Avast). So, I had to white-list those directories where I would build my executable files. Since then, had no problem with executing the files.

answered May 15 '16 at 01:00

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I can't believe it! I've had this problem before, and I completely forgot about it. Thanks for jogging my memory! I'm using avast as well Here a quick how-to on whitelisting: http://www.getavast.net/support/managing-exceptions – Joel Christophel May 15 '16 at 01:02

C# console app hangs when removed from Visual Studio directory

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