How to create .exe or .msi file for a .NET Core WPF app using Visual Studio Installer

Note :
This only works when end user computer installed with .Net Core Runtime. Otherwise, when you start the app a dialog box will be shown to the user to download the .Net Core SDK from the official website using a web browser.

You can add prerequisite of .Net Core Runtime from properties of setup project, which again shows the same dialog box to download it from the official website using a web browser.

It is better to publish the app as a self-contained package which in turn contains all the runtime libraries to run the app. In this case presence of .Net Core Runtime on end user computer is not needed.

Video on "How to create a self-contained .exe file from a .NET Core WPF App"

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[pxtr]

Thank you so much, it helped! I subscribe!

[TheMefian]

could you make a video introduce how to create custom action on the installer project

[nutralgaming]

I can't find - WPF App (.NET Core ) in my visual studio please help me out

[ramashashank]

How do we add signature to avoid setup issues under secured network

[KrakenZYT]

Thanks for the tutorial! Do you have any idea on how we can auto update the app during startup?