All the DLL references and files needed to create a setup.exe should be included in your solution. However, just including them as solution items is not enough, they will look very disordered (especially when you have a lot of solution items). And from the screenshot below, you might be wondering what the _Instructions.docx is used for...
 **❌ Bad example - An unstructured solution folder
good Good example - A well structured solution folder has 2 folders - "References" and "Setup"**
| We have a program called SSW Code Auditor to check for this rule. |