Visual Studio 2017 - How to get the "New publisher Wizard"

Question

I have a problem with publishing an app in VS 2017 with the Publishing Wizard. I found a stackoverflow post:

Compile a .NET Core application as an EXE file using Visual Studio 2017

But when I want to go to this menu it only opens an old Publishing Wizard that doesnt have the options I need.

I tried to update my VS 2017 to the newest Version, but it didnt help...

After that I tried to use the first approach of the stackoverflow post above, but I didnt have dotnet(???) so installed .NET 7 SDK. Tried the command in the project directory (where the .csproject lays), but I got the error: MSB4062. So Im back trying to get the new publisher, because I really dont know how to fix MSB4062.

Picture of my Publishing wizard:

Picture of the one I want: []

Answer 1

I needed a .NET Core / .NET console app, but I had a .NET FRAMEWORK console app. And to create a .NET Core / .NET console app I needed Visual Studio 2022 (maybe 2019 is enough), but I had Visual Studio 2017.

This fixed everything for me.

Answer 2

The Publish Wizard is usually the first time you publish a project and will guide you to publish the project to the specified location.

After completing the Publish Wizard, you will find Publish Settings in the Publish view and configure it. Hope it can help you