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]

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________________________________ From: cma019 ***@***.***> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:34:24 PM To: edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample] System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException when running the exe on another PC (Issue #10) 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. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#10>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HGDD6DQWETIZ4GFPDLVCMPIBANCNFSM5R62KEHA>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[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 Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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[edandersen]

Look. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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________________________________ From: cma019 ***@***.***> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:54:38 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) WinForm. When running BlazorWinFormsApp.exe on another PC, System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: D:\blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample-master\src\BlazorWinFormsApp\wwwroot\ — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#10 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HHG6TRKO44VILVX3YTVCMRT5ANCNFSM5R62KEHA>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[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. From: ***@***.***> Sent: 01 April 2022 08:51 To: ***@***.***> Cc: Ed ***@***.***>; ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [edandersen/blazor-desktop-crossplatform-sample] System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException when running the exe on another PC (Issue #10) 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> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#10 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HF7RVQQBOQFIZKTM7TVC2TJRANCNFSM5R62KEHA>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[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] @edandersen<https://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 unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HBVBE6G7BQKAC2CU7TWQPNJ3ANCNFSM5R62KEHA>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ysinsane]

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? — 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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________________________________ 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<#10>) [Built using .net7 sdk using visual studio 2022] @edandersen<https://github.com/edandersen>https://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)<#10 (comment)>>, 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. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#10 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HHM44UYGALK6P6CIFLWQTK6TANCNFSM5R62KEHA>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[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