Configuration and Deployment Tools

• Assembly Cache Viewer (Shfusion.dll)
  Allows you to view and manipulate the contents of the global assembly cache by using Windows Explorer.

  Note: Shfusion.dll can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• Assembly Linker (Al.exe)
  Generates a file with an assembly manifest from one or more files that are either resource files or Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) files.

  Note: Al.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• Assembly Registration Tool (Regasm.exe)
  Reads the metadata within an assembly and adds the necessary entries to the registry, which allows COM clients to create .NET Framework classes transparently.

  Note: Regasm.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe)
  Displays details for failed assembly binds. This information helps you diagnose why the .NET Framework cannot locate an assembly at runtime.

• Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe)
  Allows you to view and manipulate the contents of the global assembly cache and download cache. While Shfusion.dll provides similar functionality, you can use Gacutil.exe from build scripts, makefile files, and batch files.

• Installer Tool (Installutil.exe)
  Allows you to install and uninstall server resources by executing the installer components of a specified assembly.

  Note: Installutil.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• Isolated Storage Tool (Storeadm.exe)
  Lists or removes all existing stores for the currently logged-on user.

• Native Image Generator Tool (Ngen.exe)
  Creates a native image from a managed assembly and installs it into the native image cache on the local computer.

  Note: Ngen.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• .NET Framework Configuration Tool (Mscorcfg.msc)
  Provides a graphical interface for managing .NET Framework security policy and applications that use remoting services. This tool also allows you to manage and configure assemblies in the global assembly cache.

  Note: Mscorcfg.msc can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• .NET Services Installation Tool (Regsvcs.exe)
  Adds managed classes to Windows 2000 Component Services by loading and registering the assembly and generating, registering, and installing the type library into an existing COM+ 1.0 application.

  Note: Regsvcs.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• Soapsuds Tool (Soapsuds.exe)
  Helps you compile client applications that communicate with XML Web services by using a technique called remoting.

• Type Library Exporter (Tlbexp.exe)
  Generates a type library from a common language runtime assembly.

• Type Library Importer (Tlbimp.exe)
  Converts the type definitions found within a COM type library into equivalent definitions in managed metadata format.

• Web Services Description Language Tool (Wsdl.exe)
  Generates code for XML Web services and XML Web services clients from Web Services Description Language (WSDL) contract files, XML Schema Definition (XSD) schema files, and .discomap discovery documents.

• Web Services Discovery Tool (Disco.exe)
  Discovers the URLs of XML Web services located on a Web server, and saves documents related to each XML Web service on a local disk.

• XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe)
  Generates XML schemas that follow the XML Schema Definition (XSD) language proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This tool generates common language runtime classes and DataSet classes from an XSD schema file.

• Microsoft CLR Debugger (DbgCLR.exe)
  Provides debugging services with a graphical interface to help application developers find and fix bugs in programs that target the runtime. For more information, see The CLR Debugger topic in the .NET Framework SDK documentation.

  Note: The Microsoft CLR Debugger(DbgCLR.exe) is located in the Microsoft.NET\FrameworkSDK\GuiDebug folder.

• Runtime Debugger (Cordbg.exe)
  Provides command-line debugging services using the common language runtime Debug API. Use this tool to find and fix bugs in programs that target the runtime.

• Certificate Creation Tool (Makecert.exe)
  Generates X.509 certificates for testing purposes only.

• Certificate Manager Tool (Certmgr.exe)
  Manages certificates, certificate trust lists (CTLs), and certificate revocation lists (CRLs).

• Certificate Verification Tool (Chktrust.exe)
  Verifies the validity of a file signed with an X.509 certificate.

• Code Access Security Policy Tool (Caspol.exe)
  Allows you to examine and modify machine, user, and enterprise-level code access security policies.

  Note: Caspol.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• File Signing Tool (Signcode.exe)
  Signs a portable executable (PE) file with an Authenticode digital signature.

• Permissions View Tool (Permview.exe)
  Displays the minimal, optional, and refused permission sets requested by an assembly. You can also use this tool to view all declarative security used by an assembly.

• PEVerify Tool (PEverify.exe)
  Performs MSIL type safety verification checks and metadata validation checks on a specified assembly.

• Secutil Tool (Secutil.exe)
  Extracts strong name public key information or Authenticode publisher certificates from an assembly, in a format that can be incorporated into code.

• Set Registry Tool (Setreg.exe)
  Allows you to change the registry settings for the Software Publishing State keys, which control the behavior of the certificate verification process.

• Software Publisher Certificate Test Tool (Cert2spc.exe)
  Creates, for test purposes only, a Software Publisher's Certificate (SPC) from one or more X.509 certificates.

• Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe)
  Helps create assemblies with strong names. Sn.exe provides options for key management, signature generation, and signature verification.

• Common Language Runtime Minidump Tool (Mscordmp.exe)
  Creates a file containing information that is useful for analyzing system issues in the runtime. The Microsoft Dr. Watson tool (Drwatson.exe) invokes this program automatically.

• License Compiler (Lc.exe)
  Reads text files that contain licensing information and produces a .licenses file that can be embedded in a common language runtime executable.

• Management Strongly Typed Class Generator (Mgmtclassgen.exe)
  Allows you to quickly generate an early bound class in C#, Visual Basic, or JScript for a specified Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class.

• MSIL Assembler (Ilasm.exe)
  Generates a PE file from Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL). You can run the resulting executable, which contains MSIL code and the required metadata, to determine whether the MSIL code performs as expected.

  Note: Ilasm.exe can be found in "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.xxxx" where xxxx is the build number of the .NET Framework you are using.

• MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe)
  Takes a PE file that contains MSIL code and creates a text file suitable as input to the MSIL Assembler (Ilasm.exe).

• Resource File Generator Tool (Resgen.exe)
  Converts text files and .resx (XML-based resource format) files to .NET common language runtime binary .resources files that can be embedded in a runtime binary executable or compiled into satellite assemblies.

• Windows Forms ActiveX Control Importer (Aximp.exe)
  Converts type definitions in a COM type library for an ActiveX control into a Windows Forms control.

• Windows Forms Class Viewer (Wincv.exe)
  Finds managed classes matching a specified search pattern, and displays information about those classes using the Reflection API.

• Windows Forms Resource Editor (Winres.exe)
  Allows you to quickly and easily localize Windows Forms forms.

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