tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343580553277118310.post7394422019428970495..comments2024-01-29T18:30:28.723+01:00Comments on Macke's Blog: patch.exe on vista - the workaroundMackehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06392128938508053935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343580553277118310.post-13921378457341000072008-12-14T20:39:00.000+01:002008-12-14T20:39:00.000+01:00Ah. I didn't bother checking. :-PI thought the...Ah. I didn't bother checking. :-P<BR/><BR/>I thought they had embedded the mainfest into the exe, which you can do with MSVS (project->properties->manifest).<BR/><BR/>Well, it's good to know you can apply this post-creation on any exe.Mackehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392128938508053935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343580553277118310.post-47095196190352750362008-12-14T11:10:00.000+01:002008-12-14T11:10:00.000+01:00The way msysGit does it is to provide a manifest (...The way msysGit does it is to provide a manifest (patch.exe.manifest) telling Vista's UAC "No you do not have any business thinking that this program needs adminitrator privileges, just because it uses the name 'patch' which it has used _forever_."<BR/><BR/>I call it the Microsoft time tax, because whatever you do on Windows, you need to spend more time to get it working than anywhere else.Johannes Schindelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309168635076222880noreply@blogger.com