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I have visited this and found no answer How to convert a .NET exe to native Win32 exe? for me. I am searching for a program that converts .net exe to win32 exe. Is that possible ? I have run ngen.exe from Microsoft, but when I write the command that should convert the assembly, it tells that converting successed, but I don’t find the converted exe:
This is the command:
start ngen install C:\program.exe /debug
You need a much bigger weapon to create a native win32 executable from a managed program. Ngen.exe merely pre-compiles the IL, the CLR and the original assemblies are still needed to run the program.
The kind of tool you need was somewhat popular in the early days of .NET when programmers were fretting about getting the .NET framework installed on the target machine. They are known as “.NET linkers”, Salamander was popular. No idea if it has kept up with .NET versions, you definitely want to verify the trial version first. Also beware of the considerable sticker-shock you’ll suffer.