Publishing .Net framework/wpf desktop applications using Rider

Created December 03, 2025 09:12

I have some desktop applications which is build using .Net framework (mostly version 4.7.1) and WPF. I am trying to publish these application using Jetbrains Rider. Looking at https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/List_of_run_debug_configurations.html it seems not to be possible, can this be true?

1 comment

Dmitry Kazantsev

Created January 27, 2026 12:26

Hello Anna-Rosa,

Unfortunately, Rider doesn't support publishing legacy-style .Net Framework projects. I recommend migrating your .csproj to a modern sdk-style project.

For example, such a project (.csproj) can be published in Rider just fine:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
        <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
        <UseWpf>true</UseWpf>
        <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

The rest available options are:

Manually copy the built binaries;
Publish via Visual Studio that provides built-in support for ClickOnce (not supported in Rider: RIDER-54122 ClickOnce publishing support)

Hope that helps

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