Assembly Analyzer

Assembly Analyzer is a tiny and practical piece of kit that allows advanced users to examine the resources and metadata of .NET assemblies. It also features a disassembler that shows the source code for methods and dependencies.

There is no setup pack involved, which makes Assembly Analyzer portable. It means that you can save it to any part of the computer and just click the EXE item to launch the tool. Another possibility is to save it to a USB flash drive to plug it into any PC and directly launch the app without any other installers. Plus, it does not modify Windows registry settings or create extra files on the disk without your permission, so no traces are left behind after its removal.

The GUI is made from a regular window that permits you to open multiple files in multiple tabs to switch through them easily. The drag-and-drop method is not supported, so you can use the file browser to open a file, as long as it has the EXE, DLL, SYS or ASSEMBLYLIST format.

It is possible to explore the DOS, file, optional and section headers, along with the data directories, entry procedures, and so on. You can use a search function, mark favorites, zoom in and out, as well as save any modifications to file.

No error dialogs were shown in our tests, since Assembly Analyzer did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. It had a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance in our tests, running on low CPU and RAM. Although it does not contain resourceful features, Assembly Analyzer gets the job done. Too bad it has not been updated for a long time.