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Note IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract is not recommended
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Update docs/core/deploying/single-file/overview.md
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Expand Up @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Only managed DLLs are bundled with the app into a single executable. When the ap

To embed those files for extraction and get one output file, set the property `IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract` to `true`.

Specifying `IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract` extracts all files, including the managed assemblies, before running the executable. This may be helpful for rare application compatibility problems.
Specifying `IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract` extracts all files, including the managed assemblies, before running the executable. This may be helpful for rare application compatibility problems. This mode is not recommended: it's a .NET Core 3.1 compatibility mode and might be removed in a future release.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> If extraction is used, the files are extracted to disk before the app starts:
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