Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> Yep. It's an application manifest. It gives Windows additional 
>> information about the app, such as versions of DLLs that it requires, 
>> among other things. Also can be useful for such things as getting 
>> Windows XP style UI.
> 
> OK... So how come this was never needed before? (And deleting it has no 
> apparent effect on anything.)
> 

It is optional. It was created as a way to simply add extra information 
about the executable, mainly as a means of allowing for side-by-side 
installation of different versions of the same DLL, as a way of getting 
apps out of DLL-Hell. It can also be embedded as a resource. I can't 
remember the specifics, but I think it's a text resource with an ID of 
0. With that, you don't need a separate .manifest file.

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