Alphabetical Listing of Tools (.NET Framework)

The Tools section of the .NET Framework documentation organizes tools by category (for example, debugging tools, security tools, interop tools, and so on). If you are looking for a specific tool, you might find it easier to use the following links. The list is ordered alphabetically, by .exe name.

The .NET Framework tools described in this section are automatically installed when you install Visual Studio. The best way to run these tools is by using the Visual Studio and Windows SDK Command Prompts.

• Al.exe (Assembly Linker)

• Aximp.exe (Windows Forms ActiveX Control Importer)

• Caspol.exe (Code Access Security Policy Tool)

• Cert2spc.exe (Software Publisher Certificate Test Tool)

• Certmgr.exe (Certificate Manager Tool)

• Clrver.exe (CLR Version Tool)

• CorFlags.exe (CorFlags Conversion Tool)

• Fuslogvw.exe (Assembly Binding Log Viewer)

• Gacutil.exe (Global Assembly Cache Tool)

• Ilasm.exe (MSIL Assembler)

• Ildasm.exe (MSIL Disassembler)

• Installutil.exe (Installer Tool)

• Lc.exe (License Compiler)

• Mage.exe (Manifest Generation and Editing Tool)

• MageUI.exe (Manifest Generation and Editing Tool, Graphical Client)

• Makecert.exe (Certificate Creation Tool)

• MDbg.exe (.NET Framework Command-Line Debugger)

• Mgmtclassgen.exe (Management Strongly Typed Class Generator)

• Mscorcfg.msc (.NET Framework Configuration Tool)

• Ngen.exe (Native Image Generator)

• Peverify.exe (PEVerify Tool)

• Regasm.exe (Assembly Registration Tool)

• Regsvcs.exe (.NET Services Installation Tool)

• Resgen.exe (Resource File Generator)

• SecAnnotate.exe (.NET Security Annotator Tool)

• Setreg.exe (Set Registry Tool)

• Shfusion.dll (Assembly Cache Viewer)

• SignTool.exe (Sign Tool)

• Sn.exe (Strong Name Tool)

• SOS.dll (SOS Debugging Extension)

• SqlMetal.exe (Code Generation Tool)

• Storeadm.exe (Isolated Storage Tool)

• Tlbexp.exe (Type Library Exporter)

• Tlbimp.exe (Type Library Importer)

• Wincv.exe (Windows Forms Class Viewer)

• Winres.exe (Windows Forms Resource Editor)

See Also

Other Resources

ServiceModel Metadata Utility Tool (Svcutil.exe)

Web Services Description Language Tool (Wsdl.exe)

XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe)

XML Serializer Generator Tool (Sgen.exe)

ASP.NET Command-Line Tools

WPF Tools

Windows Communication Foundation Tools