How to package dlls in the compiled executable of a C# project in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I have developed a relatively small windows form application using Visual Studio 2010.

When I build a release version of the application I find the executable in bin/release/ along with a bunch of dll files that are required to it's functionning.

My question is the following:

Is there a way for visual studio to compile the application such that the dll files are "packaged" (I think that is the term?) within the executable so that I could distribute the program as a single .exe file?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Create new setup and deployment project

Create new project in vs2010
File -> New -> Project a windows will appear select other project Types --> Setup and Deployment and select Installshield or visual studio installer -- your choice.
refer msdn about setup and deployment
it will create Distributable executable.

Answer 2

尝试ILMERGE它可能会用于合并本机dll ILMERGE