What are the main steps to load a PE file into memory from a .NET application?

The process involves reading and parsing the PE file according to its format, allocating memory using `ImageBase` as the base address and `SizeOfImage` as length, then copying the PE header and sections into memory. The relocation table is processed to adjust addresses, the import table is parsed to load required DLLs, and finally execution jumps to the `AddressOfEntryPoint`. This technique builds on earlier methods for loading .NET assemblies from memory, but extends them to native PE files. More details can be found in the full article Loading PE files into memory via .NET.