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Where is ngen.exe?

Posted By: Posted Date: October 20, 2010 Points: 0 Category :.NET Framework

I tried to call ngen.exe and got nothing. I then ran a search for ngen.exe.ÃÂ I found the executables for .NET 1.1 and 2.0, but nothing for .NETÃÂ 3.5. I also searched the MSDN site to see if I could find it as a download, but got nothing. I am running VS2008 Professional with SP1 installed. Thanks in advance for any help.

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