How does CorFlags.exe /32BIT+ work?

This isn’t well documented in any place I know of, I can only point you to a relevant MSDN article. Yes, your assumption is correct, the loader in Windows XP and up has awareness of managed executables. It automatically loads the .NET loader shim (c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll), the relevant entrypoint is _CorValidateImage(). The Remarks section in the … Read more