MSBuild target _CopyWebApplication does not copy all necessary files to the bin folder

Question

Elsewhere on the Web, you can find recommendations on using something like this to simulate the Publish feature in the VS 2005-2008 IDE from a command-line (I hope I did not

Answer 1

I had this same issue in VS 2012 and eventually fixed it by doing the following to any files which needed to be copied:

• Set the Copy to Output file property to Copy if newer
• Set the Build Action file property to Content (or Compile if the file needs to be compiled)