Compiling Issue, Is this normal?

[Spybot]

I'm compiling my project in VB2019 using (Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Project), the compiling results say the compilation is correct, but I've noticed this in the output window, the compiling process is packing several times the same file, why is that? Is it normal? actually if I compile it one more time it adds one more file for packing.



then after compiling one more time it shows this:


At the end I get no compiling errors, but what's going on?

[jmcilhinney]

Does the output of the Installer project get any larger? What happens if you do a Clean before building? If you close and reopen VS, does it go back to one mention of each file?

[Spybot]

Hi jmcilhinney.

Thank you for responding.

No, the output of the Installer project doesn't get any larger.
If I Clean before building, seem to work.
But if I close and reopen VS definitely fixes everything.



OK, I know this might be subject for another threat, but whats the difference between Compile and Recompile within VS?

[jmcilhinney]

I don't know what's causing that but, if the output isn't getting any bigger, I wouldn't worry. At worst, things may be getting overwritten multiple times rather than being duplicated. Are you building the installer every time? You could probably exclude that and only build it explicitly when you need to.