.NET Assembly Info Shell-Extension for Windows is a shell extension designed to seamlessly integrate into the Windows File Explorer. It enhances the standard Windows file properties dialog by adding a dedicated, data-rich "AssemblyInfo" tab whenever a .dll or .exe file compiled under .NET Framework or .NET Core is inspected.
This extension extracts deep metadata, build architectures, security attributes, and identity signatures directly from the assembly's manifest, rendering a comprehensive diagnostic report right inside the OS user interface without requiring heavy external decompilers or development environments.
For developers, reverse engineers, and system administrators, inspecting .NET assemblies on the fly has historically required launching standalone utilities such as ILSpy, dnSpy, or the traditional ildasm. While powerful, these tools introduce unnecessary friction into everyday asset management, quick deployments, and troubleshooting pipelines.
Windows native property sheets inherently fail to distinguish between standard Win32 PE files and managed .NET binaries, hiding critical framework-specific telemetry. This tool was created to bridge that gap permanently—bringing binary inspection directly to the context menu, saving time, and streamlining deployment auditing with a clean, exportable interface.
Why waste time opening specialized standalone decompilers or complex IDEs just to verify a target framework, platform architecture, public key token, or compilation timestamp, when you can gather all that critical metadata instantly with a single native right-click?
- Microsoft Windows OS.
- Navigate to the Releases page.
- Download the latest
.ziparchive or the.exesetup installer, depending on your preference. - If you downloaded the
.ziparchive, extract its contents to your preferred directory.
If you downloaded the.exefile, run it and follow the installation wizard.
After you have installed the shell-extension, do right click on a .dll or .exe file (that is built with .NET Framework or .NET Core) to show the file menu, click on the "Properties" option, and finally you will see a tab with name "AssemblyInfo" (see the 'Screenshots' section of this README).
From the tab with name "AssemblyInfo", you can get see the information that this shell-extension can provide, also, you can use the button with name "Export" to generate a report like in this example:
C:\WinExe (AnyCPU, Prefer 32-Bit).exe
Product
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File Name : WinExe (AnyCPU, Prefer 32-Bit).exe
Original Name : WinForms Test Assembly.exe
Product Name : WinForms Test Assembly (Any CPU)
Product Description: WinForms Test Assembly
Company Name : ElektroStudios
Copyright : Copyright © Elektro Studios 2018
File Version : 1.1.0.0
Product Version : 1.0.0.0
Language : English (United States) (en-US)
Build
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PE File Kind : Window application (GUI)
Platform : Any CPU ( Prefer 32-bit )
Build Configuration : Release
CLR Version : 4.0.30319
Target .NET Framework : 4.6.1
Entry-Point Address : 0x1810A
Root Namespace : WinForms_Test_Assembly
Is Strong-Name Signed : Yes
Public Key Token : 33C6CD5B1C922286
Security Permission : RequestMinimum
Dll Import Search Paths : ApplicationDirectory, System32
Is CLS Compliant : Yes
Is COM Visible : Yes
Is DPI Awareness Disabled: No
Is Installed in GAC : No
GAC Name : (null)
GAC Path : (null)
Identity
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Assembly GUID : B9ADB13A-BC56-4615-8213-9A055D0B1F0F
Compilation TimeStamp: 05/November/2018 00:00:31
MD5 Hash : 2513EEE50A84E736693982FA0BB40CA9
SHA-1 Hash : 618F35E78A58E8DFBD20FC28EA91D84FC126E8D0
SHA-256 Hash : 4BF3FF7B98819C9F1FB0B9C260BCF210A119C1B63CC328BF8CD3D8544FF447B5
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