Other .NET Framework Tools

Table 3-2 lists some of the more useful tools that are included with the .NET Framework. As mentioned earlier, be forewarned that these tools are not automatically added to your PATH environment variable during the .NET installation process. The default installation directories for these executables are C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio .NETFrameworkSDKBin for all but dbgclr.exe, which is installed in C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio .NETFrameworkSDKGUIDebug.

Table 3-2. Useful .NET Framework Tools

Tool

Description

Assembly Linker (al.exe)

Generates metadata for one or more files that are combined into an assembly.

Microsoft .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility (gacutil.exe)

Lists and manipulates the global assembly cache (GAC) and the download cache. See Appendix B for more information.

.NET Framework Configuration Tool (mscorcfg.msc)

GUI tool for managing and configuring the .NET Framework using the Windows Management Interface (WMI).

Microsoft CLR Debugger (dbgclr.exe)

Graphical debugging tool.

Microsoft CLR Runtime Test Debugger Shell (cordbg.exe)

Command-line debugging tool.

Microsoft .NET Framework Strong Name Utility (sn.exe)

Assists in creating assemblies with strong names. See Appendix B for more information.

Code Access Security Policy Tool (caspol.exe)

Security policy management for machine, user, and enterprise security policies.

Resource File Generator (resgen.exe)

Creates CLR binary resource files from existing native formats.

Microsoft .NET IL Disassembler (ildasm.exe)

Graphical tool to disassemble MSIL files.

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