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[codec-abc]

Hi,
This is again a newbie question:

All tests I did on Windows had a console window that was around since the .Net Core project was a console one. While useful for debugging and such, this isn't something I want for release. Is there a way to not show (or hide) the terminal window?

[pauldotknopf]

On Windows, there two ways to compile an app. You can compile as a "Windows Application" or a "Console Application".

GUI apps (WinForms, WPF) are typically compiled as a "Windows Application".

.NET Core currently doesn't support a way to compile in any other way than "Console Application", but there is a post-build step to achieve the same effect (since it's just a flag in the compiled exec).

Run this on your deployed app.

editbin.exe /subsystem:windows yourapp.exe

See here for more info.

Since .NET Core 3.0 will support WinForms and WPF, it will have the option of compiling as a "Windows Application", but until then, we need this post-build step.

[codec-abc]

Thanks for the answer. By curiosity, how the program behave on Linux/Mac?

[pauldotknopf]

The binaries behave as you'd expect on Linux/Mac. It is only Windows that has this concept of "Windows application" vs "Console application".

[vadi2]

As of .NET Core 3.0, you can set <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType> in your csproj or pass /p:OutputType=WinExe as an argument to dotnet publish to avoid the console window.