I need to output the project dll in program files. "$(PROGRAMFILES)\Microsoft..." It is not building in program files, but in the project itself in a folder called "$(PROGRAMFILES)"!
How do I build in program files??
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1I would run very fast and far away from building a project straight into its deployment target. – ProfK Dec 24 '16 at 07:01
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- In Solution Explorer, right click your project, click "Unload Project"
- After the project unloads, right click on it again, click "Edit MYPROJECT.csproj"
- In the XML editor window that opens, change
<OutputPath>elements to<OutputPath>$(ProgramFiles)</OutputPath>-- either all of them, or only those for the configurations that interest you - Save and close
- Right click on project again, choose "Reload Project"
- Done!
Jon
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And if you just made a new environment variable, reload visual studio as well, else it will use 'C:\' instead of your variable content.
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This sounds like a good case for a post-build event that copies the project output to the folder you want:
copy $(TargetPath) $(PROGRAMFILES)\Microsoft...
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2That's going to end up with a build in the default location, probably $(ProjectDir)\bin\$(Configuration), then a copy. And one reason to move the output dir is for speed! – Anthony Mastrean May 17 '11 at 18:24
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right click on project select properties. Select Build tab you have output section
In output path give the specific path for you program file/microsoft. This should work. I Tested it.
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I need the variable tough. As on x64 machines the path is different. "Program Files (x86)" on x64 and "Program Files" on x86 machines (as it is build for 32-bit) – Kervin Ramen Apr 05 '11 at 06:14
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You need to open the csproj file in a text editor and manually enter your environment variables in the OutputPath section. Visual Studio escapes the '$', '(' and ')' when you try to do this from the IDE.
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