Dotfuscator not in VS2008?

Question

I've got VS2008 professional edition installed and can't find Dotfuscator. I also can't find anywhere to download the community edition. It seems that Dotfuscator should already integrated into VS2008, but I only have other tools visible such as Reflector. Is there a way to download Dotfuscator separately? Thanks

Answer 1

Check out this link (it's a PDF), and go to page 9. You have to choose it when you are installing. I would say put the disc in again, choose Add/Remove Existing Features, and choose to install it.

Answer 2

If you also have a default installation of Visual Studio 2010 Pro or higher installed you will have the more recent version of Dotfuscator installed (Dotfuscator CE 5). That version of Dotfuscator will work with any .NET assembly (back to 1.0) with no problems. In fact, using the newer version of Dotfuscator gives you a better UI as well as a better obfuscation experience (due to the inclusion of SmartObfuscation technology which makes it easier to just "point and shoot").

Answer 3

On my VB2008 Pro installation, I can start Dotfuscator by selecting

Tools > Dotfuscator Community Edition

.