title: How to tell if a .NET application was compiled in DEBUG or RELEASE mode?
body: <p>I have an application installed on my computer. How do I find out if it was compiled in DEBUG mode or not?</p>
  
  <p>I've tried to use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Reflector" rel="noreferrer">.NET Reflector</a>, but it does not show anything specific. Here is what I see:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// Assembly APPLICATION_NAME, Version 8.0.0.15072
  Location: C:\APPLICATION_FOLDER\APPLICATION_NAME.exe
  Name: APPLICATION_NAME, Version=8.0.0.15072, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
  Type: Windows Application
  </code></pre>