A manifest for a native C ++ application?

Question

I cannot claim to be an expert on what the .Net Assembly Manifest manifest is, but I think I have a more or less consistent understanding of this. However, the fact that when compiling my native C ++ application, MSVC Embedding Manifest... does not fit my understanding. What are manifest in C ++ applications? Thanks.

Answer 1

Manifests are additional metadata attached to an executable file (either embedded in resources or distributed separately as .manifest files) - they are used for things like side-by-side builds or UAC compatibility settings. See the manifest file description on MSDN.