dotnet new / restore / publish do not generate EXE file

I would like to generate a standalone exe file when publishing the app. The app needs to consume the latest post-1.1 bits (e.g. 1.2.0-beta-249##). Despite the csproj file having <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> I always get a .dll instead of .exe

Steps to reproduce

install the latest tooling create folder foo dotnet new dotnet restore dotnet build dotnet publish (or dotnet publish -r win7-x64)

Expected behavior

foo.exe file gets generated in the published folder

Actual behavior

foo.dll gets generated

Specifying -r runtime_id used to do the trick but not anymore.

Environment data

dotnet --info output: .NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview5-004478)

Product Information: Version: 1.0.0-preview5-004478 Commit SHA-1 hash: 4d3e2872fe

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Windows OS Version: 10.0.14393 OS Platform: Windows RID: win10-x64 Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\1.0.0-preview5-004478

[dasMulli]

@GuardRex fyi the locals command also works using the included dotnet nuget command. No need to download the nuget cli for that 😉

[damircolak]

Thanks, I’ll give it a try.