Unable to compile project to .exe

Hello. Hope this is the right place for this? OK. Exporting project using Webview2 for a windows game .exe single file. I go through the menu choices webview2, x64, bundle single. But when it completes export, I am left with project directory - ok - subdirectory x64. The compiler PackToSingleExecutable.exe. Not a zip file instead my projects name in the x64 directory with a .exe extension and .dat files an such. I run the PackToSingleExecutable.exe from the main root folder where export placed it. It has an error - cannot locate requested files. Basically, unable to compile the exported files from the directory - itself created. I even tried the construct tutorial step by step. No good. I have to be missing something? Has anyone else come across this situation? Thank you.

This is what the error reads. Windows Bitdefender Smartscreen shutoff.

Thank you for your reply. It seems that something is wrong in my project? What? don'T know. but attached is a step by step result of using the webview2 export feature for single file project execution. Worked flawless. So; see below. A project.

As you see the webview2 compile to single file executable worked. Time to re examine my game project. Wow. I thank you for your insight and help. Never thought of trying this on a much simpler and lesser project.

The PackToSingleExecutable.exe tool also updates the executable icons and version information (doing the same job as WindowsIconUpdater.exe with other exports). It's possible it has a bug when trying to do that with certain unusual configurations - maybe check what kind of icons your project has or if there's anything unusual in the metadata (project name, author, description etc.)

If you can reproduce the issue with a new empty project, please file an issue and hopefully we can fix it quickly.

One more thing to check: perhaps try temporarily disabling any antivirus you have installed when running PackToSingleExecutable.exe - it's possible an antivirus tool thinks updating an executable is suspicious and so blocks it, causing the tool to fail to complete.