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I have to set up a training version of a production system so that employees from a sister company can train on it before having to use the production system.
I have made things as near identical as I can, but the thing that is bugging me at the moment is that the training version insists on having the EXE file listed in its dependencies and installs both a shortcut and the EXE onto the desktop when installed.
I have tried to make sure all the switches in both versions are the same but I have reached the stage where I just cannot see what the problem is.
I am using VS2022 V17.13.3 with Visual Basic.
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Hi @Torquinian ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.
It seems that the information is not enough for us to check further. Could you please let us know:
I have found the reason for the EXE file appearing on the desktop, it was specified to be there instead of in the Application Folder.
The EXE file appearing in the list of dependencies is still puzzling me though.
Hi @Torquinian ,
Thank you for sharing more details.
… it was specified to be there instead of in the Application Folder.
From your description, I guess you set the wrong folder, so that it was specified to the user’s desktop.
The EXE file appearing in the list of dependencies is still puzzling me though.
I record a .gif file as following. I am not sure, the "list of dependencies" you mean? Is there any screenshot that you can share with us to check?
Probably, this issue is related to the configurations of this Setup project.
After you check the above .gif picture, please kindly let me know if you did something different from mine.
BTW, after I clicked the setup.exe file, on my desktop, only a shortcut appeared there.
Kind regards,
Tianyu
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This is how it appears on my Setup Project, it does not appear there in the original project.
This is what I had hoped would be included in the previous commment:-
Here it is at last!
Hi @Torquinian ,
The xxx.exe file looks like, was added like an assembly.
I tried many methods but failed to reproduce this situation by using a new project. Only when I tried to add the xxx.exe manually as an assembly, it will be added.
Do you still remember when it appeared? Right after you added the project output? Or…?
Do you set some other configurations for this Setup project?
If it’s possible, please try to create a new Setup project, do the same thing, see if the same issue appears. If the same issue appears, the cause may be hidden in your Visual Basic project.
Perhaps some special settings in your Visual Basic project led to this file be added as an assembly in the Setup project.
That said, is it possible for you to remove this .exe file? If you do this, will it be recreated? Will it fail to be built and fail to install your Visual Basic project on your desktop?