In past, if we would like to build .NET Core project and get the .exe file (self-contained development) via Visual Studio, we have to add following code to .csproj.

<PropertyGroup>
<RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
</PropertyGroup>

now, with Visual Studio 2017 + .NET Core 2.0,  You could try following step:

Operating steps

Step 1. Right click project and select publish

Step 2. Select folder → click publish(or create profile, it is ok)

Step 3. click configure → Deployment mode:self-contained → runtime target:win-x64 -> click save

Step 4. click publish, you will find .exe file under your target location

Btw, you also see the detail in FolderProfile.pubxml. Hope this helps. 🙂

Tags: .NET CoreASP.NET CoreVisual StudioVisual Studio 2017