Windows Manifest

Introduction

There are some attributes that can be set on a Windows executable via a manifest. This is a section in the executable. The easiest way to set this is to include an XML-format .manifest file at build time.

Build time

We specify .manifest files in build.py.

Editing or changing a manifest

You can use the mt.exe from your Windows SDK e.g. "c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.18362.0\x64\mt.exe" to inspect or change an executable's manifest.

To set a whole new manifest:

1. Make a copy of the relevant manifest file, e.g. EDMarketConnector.manifest.
2. Edit this file.
3. Run mt.exe thus: mt.exe -manifest EDMarketConnector-new.manifest -outputresource:EDMarketConnector.exe.