System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException when running the exe on another PC

[cma019]

Hi @edandersen, Thank you for the sample! I'm having trouble when I tried to run the winForm.exe on another PC. I have already copied the whole debug / release folder. It throws System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException on execute and the directory is still pointing to the project folder.

[edandersen]

Which version? Winforms or WPF?

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Thank you for the sample. I'm having trouble when I tried to run the winForm.exe on another PC. I have already copied the whole debug / release folder. It throws System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException on execute and the directory is still pointing to the project folder.

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[cma019]

WinForm. When running BlazorWinFormsApp.exe on another PC, System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: D:\blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample-master\src\BlazorWinFormsApp\wwwroot\

Update: i tried publish, it now throws System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified.

[edandersen]

Interesting, I will take a lool

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WinForm. When running BlazorWinFormsApp.exe on another PC, System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: D:\blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample-master\src\BlazorWinFormsApp\wwwroot\

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[edandersen]

Look.

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WinForm. When running BlazorWinFormsApp.exe on another PC, System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: D:\blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample-master\src\BlazorWinFormsApp\wwwroot\

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[ysinsane]

Say I have 2 pcs, PC A is my laptop I use it to code. PC B is a remote PC I use it to debug. I encountered the similar problem. I tried to use remote debug to run the "output" from a remote PC B. But it seems that the program is still expected "wwwroot" on PC A.

[edandersen]

Interesting.

Likely my last change to remove the copying and pasting of wwwroot assets didn’t work properly. Try from the previous commit – you’ll need to add the wwwroot assets to each project and mark as include.

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Say I have 2 pcs, PC A is my laptop I use it to code. PC B is a remote PC I use it to debug. I encountered the similar problem. I tried to use remote debug to run the "output" from a remote PC B. But it seems that the program is still expected "wwwroot" on PC A. [image]https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22684009/161219672-2fd28c10-1bda-4d8c-bfed-fc4ddc8104f4.png

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[jungyoseok]

[Built using .net7 sdk using visual studio 2022] @edandersen First of all, great and impressive example!

I am experiencing the same problem.

I built a release version of BlazorWinFormsApp on my PC. Runs & Works great.

I wanted to try running this BlazorWinFormsApp on another PC. so I copied & moved the release folder to another PC and run BlazorWinformsApp.exe. It says System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException on execute. What can I try to make this work?

[edandersen]

You should take a look at MAUI, it's actually supported by MS and has a Blazor view control.

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From: jungyoseok @.> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 5:11:09 PM To: edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample @.> Cc: Ed Andersen @.>; Mention @.> Subject: Re: [edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample] System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException when running the exe on another PC (Issue #10)

[Built using .net7 sdk using visual studio 2022] @edandersenhttps://github.com/edandersen First of all, great and impressive example!

I am experiencing the same problem.

I built a release version of BlazorWinFormsApp on my PC. Runs & Works great.

I wanted to try running this BlazorWinFormsApp on another PC. so I copied & moved the release folder to another PC and run BlazorWinformsApp.exe. It says System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException on execute. What can I try to make this work?

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[ysinsane]

You should take a look at MAUI, it's actually supported by MS and has a Blazor view control. … ________________________________ From: jungyoseok @.> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 5:11:09 PM To: edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample @.> Cc: Ed Andersen @.>; Mention @.> Subject: Re: [edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample] System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException when running the exe on another PC (Issue #10) [Built using .net7 sdk using visual studio 2022] @edandersenhttps://github.com/edandersen First of all, great and impressive example! I am experiencing the same problem. I built a release version of BlazorWinFormsApp on my PC. Runs & Works great. I wanted to try running this BlazorWinFormsApp on another PC. so I copied & moved the release folder to another PC and run BlazorWinformsApp.exe. It says System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException on execute. What can I try to make this work? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#10 (comment)>, or unsubscribehttps://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HBVBE6G7BQKAC2CU7TWQPNJ3ANCNFSM5R62KEHA. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: @.***>

True, but it seems that MS didn't provide any configuration we can touch to change this default behavior. That's a reason I stopped playing with blazor. MS always act like this. No wonder people don't like it.

[edandersen]

Don't blame you tbh.

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You should take a look at MAUI, it's actually supported by MS and has a Blazor view control. … ________________________________ From: jungyoseok @.> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 5:11:09 PM To: edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample @.> Cc: Ed Andersen @.>; Mention @.> Subject: Re: [edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample] System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException when running the exe on another PC (Issue #10https://github.com/edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample/issues/10) [Built using .net7 sdk using visual studio 2022] @edandersenhttps://github.com/edandersenhttps://github.com/edandersen First of all, great and impressive example! I am experiencing the same problem. I built a release version of BlazorWinFormsApp on my PC. Runs & Works great. I wanted to try running this BlazorWinFormsApp on another PC. so I copied & moved the release folder to another PC and run BlazorWinformsApp.exe. It says System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException on execute. What can I try to make this work? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#10 (comment)https://github.com/edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample/issues/10#issuecomment-1369485219>, or unsubscribehttps://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HBVBE6G7BQKAC2CU7TWQPNJ3ANCNFSM5R62KEHA. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: @.***>

True, but it sames that MS didn't provide any configuration we can touch to change this default behavior. That's a reason I stopped playing with blazor. MS always act like this. No wonder people don't like it.

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[jungyoseok]

Got it to work.

[edandersen]

Oh? What was the secret?

[jungyoseok]

I used a powershell to publish

cd into BlazorWinFormsApp dotnet publish -f net6.0-windows --sc -r win-x64

then moved the publish folder to another PC and turns out it works! I had to install webview2 runtime on this other PC that I am trying to run the application in (I didn't realize I was using older version of Windows 10 which was missing webview2 runtime)

@edandersen Thank you for this awesome template that I can start my project with!

[edandersen]

Nice one! I'll probably add that to the readme