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Marking Applications on Windows Vista Using Manifests

I am copying the text from the article http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480150.aspx with respect to changes that one needs to make in a manifest file if they want to run the applications on vista Note:When you compile the application using Visual

Vista, how is it going to impact Visual Studio and applications developed using that?

As Vista released, Developer who are using Visual Studio to develop applications will have lot of questions Please refer "Visual Studio and Windows Vista" http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx and Frequently Asked Questions http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948854.asp

How to troubleshoot Manifest generation problems

As a support engineer I have been troubleshooting so many cases where Visual Studio 2005 was throwing an error while generating an external manifest file, while embedding manifest, while using additional manifest files. It is important to know "How does

Fatal Error C1060 compiler is out of heap space

There is possibility of getting the above error when you compile a C++ application that is making heavy use of templates with covariant return types I had a customer who was getting the above error (As a support engineer I thought I can write a post that

Manifest file?? When did this come into the picture

As a support engineer I have come across a customer who was not able to run a VS2003 compiled app that is using a VS2005 compiled DLL ( He is using Load Library to load the DLL) Here is his scenario a) VS2003 compiled app(net_run.exe) using VS2003 compiled

Visual Studio "servicing" Site

Here is the link where we can get some info on Visual Studio 2005 service pack release date http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/servicing/default.aspx

Troubleshooting C/C++ Isolated Applications and Side-by-side Assemblies - Scenario based with solutions

I am a support Engineer and has handled large number of cases related to C/C++ Isolated applications and side-by-side assemblies. I came across different errors and is able to find resolution with the help of my Escalation Engineers. Here is the list