What is needed to run a WPF app?

Question

I copied my .exe, plus its vshost.exe, plus the sqlite database file it uses, but it won't run outside of Visual Studio. There's no err msg when I 2-click my .exe - it just won't run. What is it lacking?

Answer 1

If you're on your local box, you would need:

• The main application.exe (NOT vshost.exe - These are for Visual Studio debugging only.)
• application.exe.config if there are any settings associated with the app.
• Any DLLs the application references. Since you're using SQLite, you likely have a dependency on some SQLite library.

If you're deploying to another computer, then you should also consider the following:

• Is the .NET Framework you're targeting installed on the target computer?
• You should also build in "Release" instead of "Debug", since debug DLLs may be missing.

Generally, the following files are NOT necessary:

• .pdb files
• Any vshost files