How do I run nGen at the end of the installation (MSI)?

Question

I would like to execute nGen at the end of my installation simply to improve the perceived performance of the first startup of my application. How could I do that? Is there are

Answer 1

You can ngen your assembly using a custom installer action. The following link explains this in further detail:

http://www.dotnetperls.com/ngen

I can also remember a good discussion of Paint.NET's installer (which includes .NET Framework bootstrapping, pre-JITting etc.), but I cannot find it at the moment. I'll edit this post if I come across it again.