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I know that .NET apps are difficult to protect. I use RedGate Reflector and know that generally speaking you can get source code from many .NET dlls.
however my question is - is it actually feasible to decompile the whole application?
I mean - create a workable VS solution so the pirate can just press F5 and get the exactly same result as if the author on his machine?
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You can now use Visual Studio to decompile managed code even if you don't have the symbols, allowing you to look at code, inspect variables and set breakpoints.
C# is inherently easier to decompile into source code because it contains meta-data and most C# code must comply with a set of rules called "verifiable code". Decompilers take advantage of the adherence to these rules along with attached metadata to make decompilation much better than equivalent C++ decompilers.
Decompilation is only available in Visual Studio 2019 16.5 and later.
A . NET decompiler (also called c# decompiler) is a third party tool used to decompile all types of . NET binaries and libraries. Since . NET applications and executable files are compiled in IL code, in order to read the code and understand its operation, you have to convert (decompile) the IL code to C# code.
Reflector have few plugins that allows to dump assembly into code:
http://www.denisbauer.com/home/reflectorfiledisassembler
http://filegenreflector.codeplex.com/
But I'm not sure that can create a project file.
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