Run Exe file as an Embedded Resource in C#

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  1. First add the embeded executable file as resource file to your existing resource file, if you dont have one, then you need to [add existing item to your project, and select resource file]
  2. When you add the executable file in resource editor page, select type as [Files], then find your embeded excutable file and add it. For example the file named as “subexe.exe”, then the resource design cs file will have following code added: 
    internal static byte[] SubExe {
        get {
            object obj = ResourceManager.GetObject("SubExe", resourceCulture);
            return ((byte[])(obj));
        }
    }

  3. add a method to access to your resource, which is also very simple, just add following code to your resource designer cs file 

    
public static byte[] GetSubExe()
    {
        return SubExe;
    }

  4. In your main executable source code, add following to read resource and write it to a new file 

    
string tempExeName = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "A3E5.exe");


        using(FileStream fsDst = new FileStream(tempExeName,FileMode.CreateNew,FileAccess.Write))
    {
        byte[] bytes = Resource1.GetSubExe();

        fsDst.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
    }

  5. Use process to run the new executable file

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