  We solve the regularized Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation and find an explicit
expression for the Drinfeld associator. We restrict to the case of the
fundamental representation of $gl(N)$. Several tests of the results are
presented. It can be explicitly seen that components of this solution for the
associator coincide with certain components of WZW conformal block for primary
fields. We introduce the symmetrized version of the Drinfeld associator by
dropping the odd terms. The symmetrized associator gives the same knot
invariants, but has a simpler structure and is fully characterized by one
symmetric function which we call the Drinfeld prepotential.
