Visual Studio won't build to exe (.NET Core 2.0)

Question

If I have a basic C# program in Visual Studio such as

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
}

And I build the project in Visual Studio, I get a .dll instead of a .exe. I've looked in the properties page for the project, and the Output type is set to Console Application. I've tried Windows Application and Class library too but they all create a dll. If it matters, my Target framework is .NET Core 2.0. Not sure what else would be causing this.

Answer 1

You could try following step:

Step 1. Right click project and click publish

Step 2. Select folder -> click publish(or create profile, it is ok)

Step 3. click configure -> Deployment mode:self-contained -> runtime target:win-x64 -> click save

Step 4. click publish, you will find .exe file under your target location

Btw, you also see the detail in FolderProfile.pubxml. Hope this helps. :)

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Update: My environment info:

1. Visual studio 2017 (15.7.1)
2. .NET Core 2.0

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