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Appendix B: Packaging and Deployment Tools

The .NET Framework SDK includes several useful tools for examining assemblies and working with the system assembly cache.

Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe) Windows-based tool for examining assembly and resource bind requests.
Assembly Linker (Al.exe) Assembly Linker for creating assembly manifests, satellite assemblies, and working with the Global Assembly Cache (GAC).
Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe) Console utility that manages the Global Assembly (GAC) and download caches.
MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe) Windows-based tool for examining the manifest (containing metadata) and MSIL code inside assemblies.
Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe) Console utility to help generate strongly named assemblies.

See .NET Framework Tools for additional documentation on these and other .NET Framework SDK tools.

See Also

Assembly Linker (Al.exe) | Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe) | Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe) | MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe) | Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe)