NUtils

NUtils is a free utility I wrote, mostly because I didn't know of any decent and free .Net run-time dependencies manager. This utility enables you to view the run-time dependencies of a .Net assembly in order to track version mismatch and other issues. Some other useful features, like copying an assembly out the GAC are also available.

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1. Features


• Copy assembly out of the GAC.
• Check and display dependencies of any assembly from the GAC or from the file system
• Run-time redirection are taken into account
• Missing assemblies are listed.


2. Bugs

Ugh. Nobody likes 'em, but it seems like they're always there... please do enter a comment to report any issue you encounter with the tool.

NUtils main window

From this main window, you can right-click the mouse to display the pop up menu. This menu allows you browsing either the file system or the global assembly cache (GAC) in order to check assemblies dependencies.

When browsing the GAC, the tool allows you copying any assembly from the GAC to a file system location.

NUtils option tab

From this tab you can decide whether to browse the GAC while opening the main window, whether to simply display dependencies errors while checking dependencies or to to save the dependencies into an XML file.

Dependencies errors are the assemblies that could not be found on the local machine. This option allow you to view/detect the list of assemblies that prevent your application from running because they are missing or because of a version mismatch.