Im searching for a way to make my c#.net Application portable (or at least no installation needed). Some Background: I'm developing a small File-Manager for our Customers. As not every Employee of our Customer got Admin rights I need to hold it as easy as possible to use it.
My idea was to just deliver an .exe or Zip(containing .exe + dll of .net), that all Employees can use it by double clicking.
Is there any way to "bind" the dll to the exe?
Why not just use ClickOnce deployment?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/142dbbz4%28v=vs.90%29.aspx
No admin rights required... auto updating... what's not to like?
(Just deploying executables is a great way to eliminate your ability to update your clients... why do that?)