Top "Ngen" questions

How and when does ngen.exe work?

I want to know the benefit of pre-JIT compilation (ngen.exe). What is the role of the Native Image Generator (…

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How to Compile with ngen.exe and How to run the native code that is generated?

I want to compile a C# program using ngen command line for a special purpose. So I create a console …

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How to kill mscorsvw.exe

mscorsvw.exe (a.NET optimization that precompiles assemblies) is taking up a substantial percentage of my CPU - 50-100%. This …

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Have you ever used ngen.exe?

Has anybody here ever used ngen? Where? why? Was there any performance improvement? when and where does it make sense …

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Where can I find location of generated file after doing Ngen?

I did Ngen on a C# executable. It was succesful, but I cannot figure out where the generated file is …

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TargetedPatchingOptOut: "Performance critical to inline across NGen image boundaries"?

Been going through some framework classes using reflector and noticed a number of the methods and properties have the following …

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JIT vs NGen - what is the difference?

So when CLR runtime load a .NET assembly, it compiles it into machine native code. This process is called JITing. …

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Need help getting NGen back into working condition

NGen is unhappy on my computer, and i can't find a way to get a deep understanding of what is …

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MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining vs TargetedPatchingOptOut

What is the difference between the MethodImplAttribute with the option MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining and the TargetedPatchingOptOut? When I searched on Google …

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How to uninstall older .net native images generated with ngen without matching IL assemblies?

I have been running "ngen install ..." on an application while it is being developed. But haven't run "ngen uninstall ..." on …

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