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 Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Bin for all but dbgclr.exe, which is installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\GUIDebug.

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 ...

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