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title: "What is AL.EXE and RESGEN.EXE?"  
description: "What is AL.EXE and RESGEN.EXE?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-05-03  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/824/what-is-al-exe-and-resgen-exe  
category: "c#"  
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reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is AL.EXE and RESGEN.EXE?

Resgen.exe performs conversion of .txt / .restext files to .resources / .resx files and vice-versa. These (.resources/.resx) files can be embedded in a runtime binary executable or compiled into satellite assemblies.

Assembly Linker (Al.exe) generates a file that has an assembly manifest from modules or resource files. A module does not have an assembly manifest.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Resgen.exe performs conversion of .txt / .restext files to .resources / .resx files and vice-versa. These (.resources/.resx) files can be embedded in a runtime binary executable or compiled into satellite assemblies.

Assembly Linker (Al.exe) generates a file that has an assembly manifest from modules or resource files. A module does not have an assembly manifest.


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