Distributing EXE

[Guest]

I have created a small executable that I want to copy to a couple of other
computers. I have read in this group that the machine needs to have the .Net
Framework in order to run. The machine I created this EXE on has:
Framework 1.1
Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB886903)
Framework 2.0 Beta

If I move this EXE out of the application\bin folder to another location on
the hard drive it won't run. It will only run if it is in the bin folder. I
can move the whole bin folder to another location and it works just fine.
Assuming that the other computers have the Framework, what do I need to do to
be able to just copy the .EXE file to another machine to run? This was very
simple in VB 6.

 

[EggHead]

If you have no com stuff need to worry about, I think you should use the
windows installer comes with VS.net. It allows me to put the exe anywhere
and it is free
Anyway, Do you build it as release and copy the exe from the obj/release/
folder?

Egghead

 

[Guest]

I actually do have some COM stuff. This EXE creates a task in Outlook, so I
have the Microsoft Outlook 10.0 reference in the project.
I did try using the EXE from the obj/release folder and it didn't work either.

 

[Guest]

What other files are in the Bin directory? If there are any .dll files,
these need to be copied to the same directory as the .exe file.