 <p>You have an incorrect understanding of the <code>shared</code> folder. It is not a place to put files you wish to have copied to the build output folder. The folder you are looking for is entitled <code>assets</code> those files will be copied to the output directory, <code>dist</code> for both dev and prod builds.</p> <p>The shared directory is a place to put common (or shared) portions of your application, whether they be components, directives, pipes, classes or services.</p>