Turning .NET executable into native executable

Question

Is there any approach to convert an application developed in .NET into a native executable (sources are included)?

Installing the whole framework (up to .NET Framew

Answer 1

NGen compiles the exes to native exes, so they do not need to be JIT compiled as they are run. They are still dependant on the framework though.

There are a few commercial companies that do provide products for compiling .net assemblies into standalone exes. Xenocode and vmware's Thinapp. Neither are cheap though.