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Quick Start Guide

AutoIngest — Get running in under 5 minutes.

1. Install Prerequisites

On the build machine (your PC or VM):

  1. Install Visual Studio 2022 Community (free).
  2. In the Visual Studio Installer, ensure the .NET desktop development workload is checked.
  3. If you already have VS2022, open it and go to Tools → Get Tools and Features to verify.

On the target machine:

No prerequisites if you build the self-contained version. Zero install.

2. Build

Option A: Visual Studio (recommended)

  1. Open AutoIngest.sln
  2. Build → Build Solution
  3. Run it locally to verify

Option B: Command line

cd AutoIngest
dotnet restore
dotnet build -c Release

3. Publish

For Windows 11 (framework-dependent, ~15 MB):

publish.bat

Output: publish/AutoIngest.exe

For any Windows 10/11 PC (self-contained, ~60-80 MB):

publish-standalone.bat

Output: publish-standalone/AutoIngest.exe

4. Deploy

Copy AutoIngest.exe to the target PC. Done.

5. Use

  1. Double-click AutoIngest.exe to start. It runs in the system tray (green circle icon) — no window opens.
  2. Insert an SD card or USB card reader with photos.
  3. A small toast pops into the bottom-right corner while photos are moved to Pictures\YYYY-MM-DD\ (JPGs moved as-is; other formats converted to JPG and the originals removed).
  4. The toast auto-hides a few seconds after the import finishes.
  5. Left-click the tray icon any time to peek at status. Right-click for the menu (open import folder, reset drive memory, exit).
  6. Open Pictures\YYYY-MM-DD\ in Explorer and attach photos to your eBay listing.

Troubleshooting

Problem Solution
dotnet not found Install .NET 8 SDK from dotnet.microsoft.com
Magick.NET restore fails Check internet connection. NuGet.org must be accessible.
Target PC says "missing runtime" Use the self-contained build (publish-standalone.bat) instead.
Drive not detected Verify the SD card mounts as a drive letter. Right-click the tray icon → Show status to view the log.
Photos not in expected folder The destination is %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\YYYY-MM-DD\. Check that folder.

Author: Jeremy Anderson — dcos.net — info@dcos.net