How to manage files common to release and build in VS C# Express?

Question

I have a C# Console app in VS C# Express 2008. The program needs to read a few files at runtime, which I would like to place in the same directory as the .EXE for convenience. But of course there are two .EXEs, one debug and one release, and I don't want to copies of everything. What's the best way to manage this?

Answer 1

You could just change the output path of both configurations to use just 'bin\\'.

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You could add the files to the project, right-click, and set "Copy to Output Directory" to "Always"