Manifest files
What are the mysterious manifest files that are now generated with the visual studio 2005 compiler?
The manifest files are part of the Side-by-side Assemblies mechanism, which allows applications dependents of different versions of the same "DLL" run at the same time.
The manifest holds information of which version the application need. The system holds different versions of the "DLL" in different directories, stored in c:\Windows\WinSxS.
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