How to "publish" my application?

Question

I've completed my little app with some help here on StackOverflow so now I have to give it to the world!

Is there a simple way to do this? My app is just a little .exe file with a .settings file.

I think users don't have to install anything but I may be mistaken.

Thanks for all the help!

Answer 1

Well as long as your users have the relevant .net framework that is all you should need.

You could look at wrapping the app in an msi or use ClickOnce. I used to use innoSetup for desktop applications

Edit: in the comments you asked what you have to copy. The answer all your applications dependencies. In your case you've mentioned the exe and the .settings.

You may have other dependencies in other projects, these would need to be installed too that is when you would probably want to consider an installer.

Answer 2

Check out ClickOnce deployment.