How to create .EXE with a different name than the main assembly?

Question

I have a WPF application with lots of XAML code referencing the main assembly (for widgets, styles, and these things).

But now I need to change the name of .EXE, but not its main assembly, so as not to update so many dependencies.

How to make it as simple as possible?

Answer 1

Go to the project properties and change the "Assembly name" setting on the "Application" tab:

Answer 2

Do you just need to change the file name after build? You can use post-build script.

Answer 3

You can specify the xml namespace definition in the assembly.cs file (in the properties folder). In your XAML, reference the code using xml namespace protection instead of your namespace.

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