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Publish using "Produce single file" - Unhandled exception. System.ArgumentException: The path is empty. (Parameter 'path')

See original GitHub issue

Description

PuppeteerSharp 9.0.0 introduced a bug that will cause to fail the parameterless ctor of BrowserFetcher when using in some published exe with “Produce single file” enabled.

Complete minimal example reproducing the issue

Get any example code that uses the parameterless ctor of BrowserFetcher and put it into a console application (.net6 and .net7 are known to cause the issue)
Publish project with option “Produce single file” enabled.
Run the published exe
Minimal repro

Expected behavior:

Running without exception, like PuppeteerSharp 8.

Actual behavior:

Unhandled exception. System.ArgumentException: The path is empty. (Parameter 'path')
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path)
   at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String originalPath, String fullPath, String fileName, Boolean isNormalized)
   at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String fileName)
   at PuppeteerSharp.BrowserFetcher.GetExecutablePath() in C:\projects\puppeteer-sharp\lib\PuppeteerSharp\BrowserFetcher.cs:line 354
   at PuppeteerSharp.BrowserFetcher..ctor() in C:\projects\puppeteer-sharp\lib\PuppeteerSharp\BrowserFetcher.cs:line 53
   at Program.<Main>$(String[] args) in C:\source\repos\PuppeteerSharpMinimalRepro\PuppeteerSharpMinimalRepro\Program.cs:line 5
   at Program.<Main>(String[] args)

Versions

Which version of PuppeteerSharp are you using? 9.0.0 and 9.0.1
Which .NET runtime and version are you targeting? .net6 and .net7

Additional Information - Workarround - Use overloads of the BrowserFetcher ctor.

var options = new BrowserFetcherOptions();
options.Path = Path.GetTempPath();
using var browserFetcher = new BrowserFetcher(options);
var revisionInfo = await browserFetcher.DownloadAsync();
await using var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions { Headless = true, ExecutablePath = revisionInfo.ExecutablePath });
await using var page = await browser.NewPageAsync();
await page.GoToAsync("http://www.google.com");
await page.ScreenshotAsync("google.jpg");