How do I run a visual studio application on a system which don't have visual studios?

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I have a system which i can't install visual studios. But i want to use the application on the system which don't have visual studios

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I compressed application in zip file and opened on the other system which don't have visual studios its showing exception

Posted 25-Jul-19 4:13am

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Updated 25-Jul-19 21:51pm

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#realJSOP 25-Jul-19 10:15am

It's impossible to help you. We don't know what kind of app, or what "showing exception" means.

Member 14519564 25-Jul-19 13:37pm

Sorry its not exception message. its showing "cannot download application it is missing required files."

Member 14519564 25-Jul-19 10:18am

I created windows form application, i means i couldn't use that app which don't have visual studios

Dave Kreskowiak 25-Jul-19 10:24am

What is the exception message that is shown!?

The machine that's going to run your app must have the version of the .NET Framework you wrote your app against installed on it.

Member 14519564 25-Jul-19 13:36pm

Sorry its not exception message. its showing "cannot download application it is missing required files."

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2019-07-25T04:35:00

compressing an app into a zip and extracting the file onto a different system won't necessarily work: it will not copy any DLL files your app requires, and it won't install the .NET framework if that is not "up to scratch" on the target system. For example, if you app is compiled for .NET 4.5, and the target PC only has .NET 3.0 installed, teh app will not work.

The best solution is to create a deployment project which will create an installer for you and add it to your solution: Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects - Visual Studio Marketplace[^]

If it's something else, you would need to give us a whole load more information on the exception for us to be able to help you at all.

RickZeeland · Answer 2 · 2019-07-25T06:18:00

Maybe you can try this: GitHub - Leandros/VisualStudioStandalone: Make your Visual Studio Portable[^]
No guarantees, did not try it myself :)

But as others already mentioned you should first check if the machine has the correct .NET framework version installed, you can see this easily under "Uninstall app" in Control Panel. Otherwise even a portable Visual Studio won't work.

Another option might be using a cloud IDE: best-cloud-ides~visual-studio-online[^]

shawn patil · Answer 3 · 2019-07-25T21:51:00

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you need required software for that as @OriginalGriff said above. environment is very important or must to run .net application on windows machine

Posted 25-Jul-19 21:51pm

shawn patil

How do I run a visual studio application on a system which don't have visual studios?

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