>Hi folks,
>
>I am trying to make a manifest file work, following the steps described by Rick Strahl (https://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/weblog/ShowEntry.blog?id=890)
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>It sounds fairly simple, but for some reason it does not work. When I open the executable in ResourceHacker, I can only see the original default manifest embedded, but the custom app.exe.manifest file seems to get ignored completely. I wonder what I could be missing?

Christian,

I would advise you to check on two things: a) that your manifest file does not have other extension (like txt or xml); and b) it's placed in the same folder of your project (pjx) file.