c# - Publishing error: dotnet.exe failed -

i gifted .net core 1.0 app when original author quit. written in rc1-rc2... have since updated project use latest core 1.0.0 , compiles , runs locally on dev machine (win 7) when publishing, in manner, cannot stand up.

i tried pub local directory , copy over, tried publish via 'web deploy', ever get:

oops! 500 error. error occurred while starting application.

also, every time try publish error when viewing 'settings' tab in publish wizard. seems error every time 'discovering data contexts'.

what wrong? upon build gives me info: "no web.config found. creating 'c:\users\bdamore\appdata\local\temp\publishtemp\logmanager.web115\web.config'"... there web.config in project... ???

problem signature: problem event name: appcrash application name: dotnet.exe application version: 1.0.1.4500 application timestamp: 576218d2 fault module name: kernelbase.dll fault module version: 6.1.7601.23455 fault module timestamp: 573a54fc exception code: e0434352 exception offset: 000000000001a06d os version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 locale id: 1033 additional information 1: 703e additional information 2: 703e0160aed03e454ba0c593b0d130bd additional information 3: 9077 additional information 4: 907774a39ea215c56d3fe4e6094e8d07

you need copy necessary files folder application built/published. in project.json have section named

"publishoptions": {   "include": [     "wwwroot",     "views",     "web.config",     "hosting**.json",     "appsettings**.json"    ] } 

and web.config needs located in project root, not in wwwroot. 1 of rc candidates, application entry point got moved wwwroot project/application root folder.