How to create manifest for non .net application

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DBC User - 28 Sep 2007 17:12 GMT

Sorry for off topic here. I would like to know will it be possible to
create a manifest for non .net application? I have a program created
with VC 2.1 and Install Sheild as well. I want those two programs to
require admin privileges to run in vista. I know I can do it in VS
2005 by adding additional manifest during building. How can I do it
for the other apps?

Thanks.

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Willy Denoyette [MVP] - 28 Sep 2007 18:49 GMT

> Sorry for off topic here. I would like to know will it be possible to
> create a manifest for non .net application? I have a program created
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>
> Thanks.

The mt.exe tool (....\VC\bin\mt.exe), can be used to embed a manifest file
in an existing exe.

mt.exe -manifest SomeProgram.exe.manifest -outputresource:SomeProgram.exe;#1

Willy.

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Doug Semler - 28 Sep 2007 18:54 GMT

> Sorry for off topic here. I would like to know will it be possible to
> create a manifest for non .net application? I have a program created
> with VC 2.1 and Install Sheild as well. I want those two programs to
> require admin privileges to run in vista. I know I can do it in VS
> 2005 by adding additional manifest during building. How can I do it
> for the other apps?

Heh, I had to do this recently on a vb6 app that needed to run on a 64 bit
machine (requirement imposed: installing components outside of given
directories NOT permitted). Basically I did it by hand: in order to get the
right COM object dependencies, I just created a quick stub application and
dropped the same COM components (and there were ALOT of them) that the VB6
app uses into a form and marked them isolated. Then I just copied manually
made the changes I needed to the the manifest that was generated over to the
vb6.exe.manifest file and poof it worked.

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DBC User - 28 Sep 2007 20:04 GMT

> > Sorry for off topic here. I would like to know will it be possible to
> > create a manifest for non .net application? I have a program created
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Thanks both. This will help me get started..

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