What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspxIf you have done much debugging with .NET 2.0, you have probably come across these files before.&#160; For example, instead of seeing mscorlib.dll in your process, you will see mscorlib_ni.dll.&#160; So what are these files? .ni images are precompileden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8519595Mon, 19 May 2008 23:00:33 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8519595DotNetKicks.com<p>You've been kicked (a good thing) - Trackback from DotNetKicks.com</p> re: What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8520011Tue, 20 May 2008 02:32:11 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8520011Adam<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UbtcmjfKa8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UbtcmjfKa8</a></p>re: What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8522174Tue, 20 May 2008 11:57:11 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8522174Vikram<p>Thanks for sharing the interesting stuff.....</p>re: What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8524577Tue, 20 May 2008 23:52:46 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8524577Chirag<p>May I ask why someone would need the ni files?</p>re: What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8524814Wed, 21 May 2008 00:44:30 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8524814Tom<p>Chirag,</p> <p>They allow you to not have to compile the files. &nbsp;They are already native to the machine. &nbsp;So it loads faster.</p> re: What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8526511Wed, 21 May 2008 08:03:14 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8526511Mojtaba<p>thanks.but i wonder what ni stands for!</p> <p>ngen ???</p>re: What is the story with these files ending with ni?http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/05/19/what-is-the-story-with-these-files-ending-with-ni.aspx#8528072Wed, 21 May 2008 16:30:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8528072Tom<p>Mojtaba,</p> <p>ni stands for Native Image. &nbsp;Because the file is now compiled for that particular platform.</p>