Thank you! I'm reviewing now, but at the very least this is giving me some great ideas.

Another Link under .NET Framework had it: http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=1071155&forumid=12076&XtraIDs=1649&searchkw=GAC&sd=1%2F29%2F2005&ed=4%2F29%2F2005#xx1071155xx

This depends on the Level of the Visual Studio Dot Net you have installed. If you have the ability to create C++ applications then you can create byte code exe's "Win32" in C++. If you are asking if a VB.Net application can be compiled as byte code, the answer to that is NO. If you use VB 6.0 then you will get semi-byte code but you will still need the vb runtime. The vb 6 runtime is installed by default for Windows 2000 and greater. For a very simple launch I would create a native C++ program. For a more complicated on I would probably use InstallShield. However, I am not sure what you mean by Launcher since InstallShield is a installer application. Best of Luck Forever Developing