Include version number in exe file name in C# Visual Studio desktop application

Question

I looked everywhere for a solution, and I think that it's impossible to do that !

Can I include the version number (that is in AssemblyInfo.cs) into the .exe filename ? So I don't have anymore to rename the output exe file every release build.

I just posted this question to be sure that in fact, it is impossible to do that. Otherwise, if someone has a working solution I'll be happy to know it. Thank you

EDIT

I'm not searching how to get the assembly version, which I can find, but I'm looking for how to include that version automatically into my .exe output file name

What about renaming the exe after it's built? Post build script? — Stinky Towel, Oct 04 '16 at 17:07
@FirstStep : It's not about getting the assembly version, it's about including that assembly version into the file name automatically. — hsnslh, Oct 04 '16 at 17:29
@StinkyTowel : Can you explane how to do that please ? thank you — hsnslh, Oct 04 '16 at 17:30
@StinkyTowel : Thank you, but can you explane where to put this script ? — hsnslh, Oct 04 '16 at 17:43
In your project properties, go to the Build Events menu and add the following to the "Post-Build event command line" text box. That link I shared has several other solutions as well. Good luck! — Stinky Towel, Oct 04 '16 at 17:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

I made it !

Thanks to Stinky Towel for that helpful comment. I had to modify the script to make it run under my configuration, and as you can see I worked with wmic instead of filever which I couldn't find on Windows 10. Here is my script that worked fine:

`@echo off
set filepath=%1
set filename=%2
set dblslash=%filepath:\=\\%

FOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%I IN (
  'wmic datafile where "name='%dblslash%'" get version /format:list'
) DO SET "AssemblyVersion=%%I"
ECHO %AssemblyVersion%
move /Y %filepath% %filename%_%AssemblyVersion%.exe`

Include version number in exe file name in C# Visual Studio desktop application

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