Visual C ++ 2008 binding (especially manifest embedding) takes too long

Question

Usually I would refrain from asking vague questions, but in this case I cannot find enough information to even begin to study the problem.

My project is small (to give you an idea: Vector / Matrix math and some basic data structures such as arrays, lists, and strings). Some other larger projects that I tried to tie up very quickly, and not spend too much time implementing the manifest.

I am compiling a debug version of the library. The release version demonstrates the same problem.

I would appreciate if you pointed me in the right direction where to find information about this (I don’t even know that the manifest is different from simple explanations).

Answer 1

As Hans Passant mentioned, the problem was caused by a virus scanner. Adding an exception to the folder and file extensions associated with the compiler resolves the issue.

Answer 2

Exclude the processes "cl.exe", "link.exe" and "mt.exe" from your antivirus scanner. This applies to most assembly output.