Comments on: Meet UAC – Creating a UAC Manifest http://brethorsting.com/blog/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest/ Politics, User Experience, and Photography. Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: denisk http://brethorsting.com/blog/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest/comment-page-1/#comment-231 denisk Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:10:08 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest.html#comment-231 > SugarDaddy > After signing an assembly using signtool.exe with > an authenticode certificate, the Application > Name shows up as some .tmp file when the UAC > prompt appears. Any solution? Probably there is no VersionInfo in your program. I have fixed same problem now. Solution was adding VersionInfo to my program. > SugarDaddy
> After signing an assembly using signtool.exe with
> an authenticode certificate, the Application
> Name shows up as some .tmp file when the UAC > prompt appears. Any solution?

Probably there is no VersionInfo in your program. I have fixed same problem now. Solution was adding VersionInfo to my program.

]]> By: aaron http://brethorsting.com/blog/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest/comment-page-1/#comment-131 aaron Wed, 16 May 2007 21:20:27 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest.html#comment-131 No, I don't have one offhand, unfortunately. You might want to try the official <a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=24&SiteID=1" rel="nofollow">Windows Vista development forums</a>; I'll bet you can find your answer there. Good luck! Aaron No, I don’t have one offhand, unfortunately. You might want to try the official Windows Vista development forums; I’ll bet you can find your answer there.

Good luck!
Aaron

]]> By: SugarDaddy http://brethorsting.com/blog/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest/comment-page-1/#comment-130 SugarDaddy Wed, 16 May 2007 19:18:29 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest.html#comment-130 The AssemblyIdentity element seems to have no effect. After signing an assembly using signtool.exe with an authenticode certificate, the Application Name shows up as some .tmp file when the UAC prompt appears. Any solution? The AssemblyIdentity element seems to have no effect. After signing an assembly using signtool.exe with an authenticode certificate, the Application Name shows up as some .tmp file when the UAC prompt appears. Any solution?

]]> By: aaron http://brethorsting.com/blog/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest/comment-page-1/#comment-129 aaron Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:47:49 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest.html#comment-129 Thanks for the added detail, Will! Aaron Thanks for the added detail, Will!

Aaron

]]> By: Will Pearson http://brethorsting.com/blog/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Will Pearson Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:43:46 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2007/02/meet_uac_-_creating_a_uac_manifest.html#comment-128 If you're developing native code using Visual Studio 2005 and not statically linking in the CRT then you need to have a manifest anyway. VC 8 instals the C Run-Time (MSVCRT80.dll, etc.) as a set of side by side assemblies. Visual Studio 2005 automatically generates a manifest for the CRT and embeds it in the binary. You can specify additional manifests through the project properties (Manifest Tool > Input And Output). I think that http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235342(VS.80).aspx sums it up nicely: "Building Visual C++ projects without manifest generation is not supported. Any C/C++ program built in Visual C++ 2005 has to include a manifest describing its dependencies on Visual C++ libraries." One thing worth keeping in mind when talking about manifests is that from Windows Server 2003 onwards manifests found embedded within binaries take precedence over external manifests, although this is the opposite under XP. Therefore, if you create an external manifest to specify UAC run levels without preventing VC from generating a manifest then the external manifest won't have any effect. If you’re developing native code using Visual Studio 2005 and not statically linking in the CRT then you need to have a manifest anyway. VC 8 instals the C Run-Time (MSVCRT80.dll, etc.) as a set of side by side assemblies. Visual Studio 2005 automatically generates a manifest for the CRT and embeds it in the binary. You can specify additional manifests through the project properties (Manifest Tool > Input And Output).

I think that http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235342(VS.80).aspx sums it up nicely:
“Building Visual C++ projects without manifest generation is not supported. Any C/C++ program built in Visual C++ 2005 has to include a manifest describing
its dependencies on Visual C++ libraries.”

One thing worth keeping in mind when talking about manifests is that from Windows Server 2003 onwards manifests found embedded within binaries take precedence over external manifests, although this is the opposite under XP. Therefore, if you create an external manifest to specify UAC run levels without preventing VC from generating a manifest then the external manifest won’t have any effect.

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