producing all included exe for c# .net 4.7.2 project

Question

I have a class library project that is referencing .Net Framework 4.7.2 . I need to create an exe which will contain all the references of the project. I will not have access to any code or project references on the VM, where this exe needs to be run. Everything should be included in this one exe.

I have come across this question on SO.

Are solutions such as costura.Fody and ILMerge mentioned in that question addresses the same issue that I have?

( I am new to .Net and C#) and I was in doubt because I am not sure of managed assemblies vs. any other as mentioned in one of the answer in question that I referenced

Can someone help in clearing this or suggesting any other solution, if there is any.

Answer 1

Costura.fody worked pretty much out of the box for .net 4.7.2 framework. When executable was compiled it included everything. One way to know is that the size of your executable will increase . The other way is to use tool like ILSpy to look inside executable