diff --git a/Dist/.BuildInConfigX.sh b/Dist/.BuildInConfigX.sh
index fdcafac199..fea6face98 100755
--- a/Dist/.BuildInConfigX.sh
+++ b/Dist/.BuildInConfigX.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ fi
 config="$1"
 shift
 Dist/.InvokeCLIOnMainSln.sh "build" "$config" "$@"
+Dist/.InvokeCLIOnMainSln.sh publish "$config" --no-build "$@"
diff --git a/Dist/Package.sh b/Dist/Package.sh
index 5428527a11..e6cc3eca04 100755
--- a/Dist/Package.sh
+++ b/Dist/Package.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 rm -fr "$targetDir" && mkdir -p "$targetDir"
 find "output" -type f \( -wholename "output/EmuHawk.exe" -o -wholename "output/DiscoHawk.exe" -o -wholename "output/*.config" -o -wholename "output/defctrl.json" -o -wholename "output/EmuHawkMono.sh" -o -wholename "output/dll/*" -o -wholename "output/Shaders/*" -o -wholename "output/gamedb/*" -o -wholename "output/Tools/*" -o -wholename "output/NES/Palettes/*" -o -wholename "output/Lua/*" -o -wholename "output/Gameboy/Palettes/*" -o -wholename "output/overlay/*" \) \
 	-not -name "*.pdb" -not -name "*.lib" -not -name "*.pgd" -not -name "*.ipdb" -not -name "*.iobj" -not -name "*.exp" -not -name "*.ilk" \
-	-not -wholename "output/dll/*.xml" -not -wholename "output/dll/libsneshawk-64*.exe" -not -wholename "output/dll/gpgx.elf" -not -wholename "output/dll/miniclient.*" \
+	-not -wholename "output/dll/libsneshawk-64*.exe" -not -wholename "output/dll/gpgx.elf" -not -wholename "output/dll/miniclient.*" \
 	-exec install -D -m644 "{}" "packaged_{}" \;
 cd "$targetDir"
 if [ "$1" = "windows-x64" ]; then
diff --git a/Dist/QuickTestBuildAndPackage.bat b/Dist/QuickTestBuildAndPackage.bat
index 1ce3af0920..8e360d4f87 100644
--- a/Dist/QuickTestBuildAndPackage.bat
+++ b/Dist/QuickTestBuildAndPackage.bat
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ git --version > NUL
 @if errorlevel 1 goto MISSINGGIT
 
 dotnet build ..\BizHawk.sln -c Release --no-incremental
+dotnet publish ..\BizHawk.sln -c Release --no-build
 @if not errorlevel 0 goto DOTNETBUILDFAILED
 rem -p:Platform="Any CPU"
 rem -p:RunAnalyzersDuringBuild=true
diff --git a/after.BizHawk.sln.targets b/after.BizHawk.sln.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2313ff6fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/after.BizHawk.sln.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Project>
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<FinalPublishDir>$(SolutionDir)output/</FinalPublishDir>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+	<Target Name="CombineOutputDirs" AfterTargets="Publish">
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<Assets Include="$(SolutionDir)Assets/**/*" />
+			<ExecProjFilesForPublication Include="$(SolutionDir)src/BizHawk.Client.DiscoHawk/bin/$(Configuration)/net48/publish/**/*" />
+			<ExecProjFilesForPublication Include="$(SolutionDir)src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/bin/$(Configuration)/net48/publish/**/*" />
+		</ItemGroup>
+		<!-- what happens if there's a conflict? hopefully the first <Copy/> is executed first -->
+		<Copy SourceFiles="@(ExecProjFilesForPublication)" DestinationFolder="$(FinalPublishDir)dll" />
+		<Copy SourceFiles="@(Assets)" DestinationFolder="$(FinalPublishDir)%(RecursiveDir)" />
+	</Target>
+	<Target Name="FinalisePublication" AfterTargets="CombineOutputDirs">
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<ExecutablesAndSupplements Include="$(FinalPublishDir)dll/BizHawk.Client.DiscoHawk.*" />
+			<ExecutablesAndSupplements Include="$(FinalPublishDir)dll/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.*" />
+		</ItemGroup>
+		<Move SourceFiles="@(ExecutablesAndSupplements)" DestinationFiles="@(ExecutablesAndSupplements->Replace('dll/BizHawk.Client.', ''))" />
+		<Delete Files="$(FinalPublishDir)dll/doc_comments.xml" />
+		<MakeDir Directories="$(FinalPublishDir)ExternalTools;$(FinalPublishDir)Firmware;$(FinalPublishDir)Tools" />
+	</Target>
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
index 664aa002e6..9a9100217e 100755
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 		<EmbeddedResource Remove="images/sms-icon.png" />
 		<EmbeddedResource Remove="images/tastudio/ts_h_piano_*.png" />
 		<EmbeddedResource Remove="images/tastudio/ts_v_piano_*.png" />
-		<None Include="$(ProjectDir)../../Assets/**/*.*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
 		<None Remove="packages.config" />
 		<None Remove="Properties/Resources.resources" />
 	</ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/MainSlnCommon.props b/src/MainSlnCommon.props
index d158445f54..72a43a808e 100644
--- a/src/MainSlnCommon.props
+++ b/src/MainSlnCommon.props
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 		<DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);AVI_SUPPORT</DefineConstants>
 		<GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile> <!-- it would be nice to rename these to *.api_reference.xml or something, but it seems https://github.com/dotnet/standard/issues/614 was never fixed -->
 		<NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1573;CS1591;NU1702</NoWarn>
+		<PublishDocumentationFiles>false</PublishDocumentationFiles>
 		<ResolveAssemblyWarnOrErrorOnTargetArchitectureMismatch>None</ResolveAssemblyWarnOrErrorOnTargetArchitectureMismatch>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' And '$(SolutionDir)' != '' ">
diff --git a/src/MainSlnExecutable.props b/src/MainSlnExecutable.props
index d184891f85..fccdb183f8 100644
--- a/src/MainSlnExecutable.props
+++ b/src/MainSlnExecutable.props
@@ -1,26 +1,9 @@
 <Project>
 	<Import Project="MainSlnCommon.props" />
-	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../output/</OutputPath>
-		<!-- Setting TargetFileName does not change the AssemblyName (as setting TargetName would), but also does not change the output file name
-			 for the executable on build (as one would expect). So we still need to rename the executable file below. Using this method has the advantage
-			 of IDEs respecting the TargetFileName and expecting it. -->
-		<TargetFileName>$(MSBuildProjectName.Substring($([MSBuild]::Add($(MSBuildProjectName.LastIndexOf('.')), 1)))).exe</TargetFileName>
-	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
 		<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
 	</PropertyGroup>
-	<Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
-		<ItemGroup>
-			<ExecFilesFromExecProj Include="$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildProjectName).*" /> <!-- doesn't include the .exe.config because those are automatically renamed??? -->
-			<NotExecFilesFromExecProj Include="$(OutputPath)*.dll;$(OutputPath)*.pdb;$(OutputPath)*.xml" Exclude="@(ExecFilesFromExecProj)" />
-			<NotExecFilesFromExecProj Remove="$(OutputPath)DiscoHawk.*;$(OutputPath)EmuHawk.*" /> <!-- otherwise one will move the other's to /output/dll -->
-		</ItemGroup>
-		<Move SourceFiles="@(NotExecFilesFromExecProj)" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)dll/" />
-		<Move SourceFiles="@(ExecFilesFromExecProj)" DestinationFiles="@(ExecFilesFromExecProj->Replace('BizHawk.Client.', ''))" />
-		<MakeDir Directories="$(OutputPath)ExternalTools;$(OutputPath)Firmware;$(OutputPath)Tools" />
-	</Target>
 </Project>