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09-02-2007
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| | Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point ofview) I'd like to know if there is a general way to add a valid manifest to a legacy app. Consider I'm an admin and I simply have a "application.exe"-file and I want to add a manifest which tells the OS wether or not to elevate the user's rights, e.g.: <requestedPrivileges> <requestedExecutionLevel level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="false" /> </requestedPrivileges> Is that possible or do I need the source-code? Regards, Thorsten |
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09-02-2007
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| | RE: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point of view) Hello Thorsten, Thank you for using newsgroup! Based on your requirement, I suggest you refer to the following resources: If you are a Microsoft Empowered, Certified, or Gold Partner, you may use your advisory benefits on technical issues for Vista Logo Certification. Global Partner Support has assembled a team to specifically provide Vista Logo Certification advisory service. We will advise you at a technical level for each Test Case and help you get through the Vista Logo Cerification process. Provide your Microsoft Partner Id when you contact Global Partner Support, and a Microsoft support case will be created. To contact ISV Global Partner Support Team: Email: ISVhelp@xxxxxx ISV Advisory Services Phone: 1-800-426-9400 Option 1, Ext 84153 Registered only partners may receive 10 advisory hours of email support accessed from the "Innovate on Vista" website link below. Learn more about the Vista Logo Certification promotion and sign up as a Microsoft Registered Partner at: www.InnovateOnVista.com There are many benefits of getting your Windows Application Vista Logo Certified. One benefit is you will qualify to become a Certified Partner. ISV Global Partner Support also provides architectural guidance, custom workshops, migration best practices, assistance with proof of concepts, and code samples. Microsoft Partner Program Website: https://partner.microsoft.com/US/partner 933305: Applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305/en-us Application Compatibility and Partners http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa905104.aspx Thanks & Regards, Ken Zhao Microsoft Online Support Microsoft Global Technical Support Center Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security <http://www.microsoft.com/security> ==================================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ==================================================== This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -------------------- | Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:06:19 +0200 | From: Thorsten Butz <thbutz@xxxxxx> | User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) | MIME-Version: 1.0 | Subject: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point of | view) | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | Message-ID: <OiKPGLX7HHA.3940@xxxxxx> | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-062-142-141.pools.arcor-ip.net 84.62.142.141 | Lines: 1 | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords:5254 | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | | I'd like to know if there is a general way to add a valid manifest to a | legacy app. | | Consider I'm an admin and I simply have a "application.exe"-file and I | want to add a manifest which tells the OS wether or not to elevate the | user's rights, e.g.: | | <requestedPrivileges> | <requestedExecutionLevel | level="highestAvailable" | uiAccess="false" | /> | </requestedPrivileges> | | Is that possible or do I need the source-code? | | Regards, | Thorsten | |
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09-03-2007
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| | Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators pointof view) Thanks for the reply, but: my question relates to binary applications for which I do NOT own the source. Is it possible to create a manifest for any existing application? Regards, Thorsten |
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09-06-2007
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| | Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point of view) Hello Thorsten, An Application Manifest will identify an application to Windows Vista and allow administrators to define the application's desired security credentials-an important step in the deployment process that helps facilitate a better user experience. The manifest informs Windows Vista when an application is User Account Control-compliant and when to prompt users for administrator authorization to elevate privileges. To ensure integrity and functionality, these manifests can and should be signed. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906021.aspx In Windows Vista, the application manifest, an XML file that describes and identifies the shared and private side-by-side assemblies that an application should bind to at run time, now includes entries for UAC application compatibility purposes. Administrative applications that include an entry in the application manifest will prompt the user for permission to access the user's access token. Most pre-Windows Vista administrative applications, however, can run smoothly without modification even though they lack an entry in the application manifest by using application compatibility fixes. Application compatibility fixes are database entries that enable applications that are not UAC compliant to work properly with Windows Vista. Thanks & Regards, Ken Zhao Microsoft Online Support Microsoft Global Technical Support Center Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security <http://www.microsoft.com/security> ==================================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ==================================================== This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -------------------- | Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:38:36 +0200 | From: Thorsten Butz <thbutz@xxxxxx> | User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) | MIME-Version: 1.0 | Subject: Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point | of view) | References: <OiKPGLX7HHA.3940@xxxxxx> <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> | In-Reply-To: <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | Message-ID: <eU4kNdi7HHA.1208@xxxxxx> | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-062-174-127.pools.arcor-ip.net 84.62.174.127 | Lines: 1 | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords:5261 | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | | Thanks for the reply, but: | my question relates to binary applications for which I do NOT own the | source. Is it possible to create a manifest for any existing application? | | Regards, | Thorsten | |
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09-11-2007
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| | Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point of view) Hi Thorsten, If you have any updates or need any further assistance on this issue, please feel free to let me know. Thanks & Regards, Ken Zhao Microsoft Online Support Microsoft Global Technical Support Center Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security <http://www.microsoft.com/security> ==================================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ==================================================== This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -------------------- | X-Tomcat-ID: 59857209 | References: <OiKPGLX7HHA.3940@xxxxxx> <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> <eU4kNdi7HHA.1208@xxxxxx> | MIME-Version: 1.0 | Content-Type: text/plain | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | From: v-kzhao@xxxxxx ("Ken Zhao [MSFT]") | Organization: Microsoft | Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:50:02 GMT | Subject: Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators point of view) | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | Message-ID: <PrhisFE8HHA.6140@xxxxxx> | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | Lines: 78 | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords:5277 | NNTP-Posting-Host: tomcatimport2.phx.gbl 10.201.218.182 | | Hello Thorsten, | | An Application Manifest will identify an application to Windows Vista and | allow administrators to define the application's desired security | credentials-an important step in the deployment process that helps | facilitate a better user experience. The manifest informs Windows Vista | when an application is User Account Control-compliant and when to prompt | users for administrator authorization to elevate privileges. To ensure | integrity and functionality, these manifests can and should be signed. | http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906021.aspx | | In Windows Vista, the application manifest, an XML file that describes and | identifies the shared and private side-by-side assemblies that an | application should bind to at run time, now includes entries for UAC | application compatibility purposes. Administrative applications that | include an entry in the application manifest will prompt the user for | permission to access the user's access token. Most pre-Windows Vista | administrative applications, however, can run smoothly without modification | even though they lack an entry in the application manifest by using | application compatibility fixes. Application compatibility fixes are | database entries that enable applications that are not UAC compliant to | work properly with Windows Vista. | | Thanks & Regards, | | Ken Zhao | | Microsoft Online Support | Microsoft Global Technical Support Center | | Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security <http://www.microsoft.com/security> | ==================================================== | When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so | that others may learn and benefit from your issue. | ==================================================== | This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | | | | | | -------------------- | | Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:38:36 +0200 | | From: Thorsten Butz <thbutz@xxxxxx> | | User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) | | MIME-Version: 1.0 | | Subject: Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators | point | | of view) | | References: <OiKPGLX7HHA.3940@xxxxxx> | <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> | | In-Reply-To: <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> | | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 | | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | | Message-ID: <eU4kNdi7HHA.1208@xxxxxx> | | Newsgroups: | microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | | NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-062-174-127.pools.arcor-ip.net 84.62.174.127 | | Lines: 1 | | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl | | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl | microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords:5261 | | X-Tomcat-NG: | microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords | | | | Thanks for the reply, but: | | my question relates to binary applications for which I do NOT own the | | source. Is it possible to create a manifest for any existing application? | | | | Regards, | | Thorsten | | | | |
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10-17-2007
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| | Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators poin Hello, I am having the same problem but this answer seems to be only marketing text to me. What are the technical details/steps that need to be done e.g. to mark an existing .NET executable as "requireAdministrativePermissions" in VISTA. So far I have come across creating manifest files and using mt.exe to sign the ..net executable. But there seem to be many pitfalls to this (mt.exe Vista SDK version required due to MS Bug http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925378/en-us). A complete overview would be helpful (e.g. Is it sufficient to just create the manifest file or is mt.exe required in VISTA ?) Greetings, koschins ""Ken Zhao [MSFT]"" wrote: Quote: > Hello Thorsten, > > An Application Manifest will identify an application to Windows Vista and > allow administrators to define the application's desired security > credentials-an important step in the deployment process that helps > facilitate a better user experience. The manifest informs Windows Vista > when an application is User Account Control-compliant and when to prompt > users for administrator authorization to elevate privileges. To ensure > integrity and functionality, these manifests can and should be signed. > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906021.aspx > > In Windows Vista, the application manifest, an XML file that describes and > identifies the shared and private side-by-side assemblies that an > application should bind to at run time, now includes entries for UAC > application compatibility purposes. Administrative applications that > include an entry in the application manifest will prompt the user for > permission to access the user's access token. Most pre-Windows Vista > administrative applications, however, can run smoothly without modification > even though they lack an entry in the application manifest by using > application compatibility fixes. Application compatibility fixes are > database entries that enable applications that are not UAC compliant to > work properly with Windows Vista. > > Thanks & Regards, > > Ken Zhao > > Microsoft Online Support > Microsoft Global Technical Support Center > > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security <http://www.microsoft.com/security> > ==================================================== > When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so > that others may learn and benefit from your issue. > ==================================================== > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > > > > > > -------------------- > | Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:38:36 +0200 > | From: Thorsten Butz <thbutz@xxxxxx> > | User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) > | MIME-Version: 1.0 > | Subject: Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators > point > | of view) > | References: <OiKPGLX7HHA.3940@xxxxxx> > <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> > | In-Reply-To: <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> > | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > | Message-ID: <eU4kNdi7HHA.1208@xxxxxx> > | Newsgroups: > microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords > | NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-062-174-127.pools.arcor-ip.net 84.62.174.127 > | Lines: 1 > | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl > | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl > microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords:5261 > | X-Tomcat-NG: > microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords > | > | Thanks for the reply, but: > | my question relates to binary applications for which I do NOT own the > | source. Is it possible to create a manifest for any existing application? > | > | Regards, > | Thorsten > | > > |
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10-17-2007
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| | Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators poin Koschins You might get more focused information on the free MSDN developer forums. You can dialog there with other developers and Microsoft employees who may have the answers you are looking for. MSDN Forums: Vista Software Development. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/def...ID=24&SiteID=1 -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "koschins" <koschins@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:61E3251D-362C-49BB-9354-CA50F50DFB16@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello, > > I am having the same problem but this answer seems to be only marketing > text > to me. > > What are the technical details/steps that need to be done e.g. to mark an > existing .NET executable as "requireAdministrativePermissions" in VISTA. > So > far I have come across creating manifest files and using mt.exe to sign > the > .net executable. But there seem to be many pitfalls to this (mt.exe Vista > SDK > version required due to MS Bug > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925378/en-us). > A complete overview would be helpful (e.g. Is it sufficient to just create > the manifest file or is mt.exe required in VISTA ?) > > Greetings, > koschins > > ""Ken Zhao [MSFT]"" wrote: > Quote: >> Hello Thorsten, >> >> An Application Manifest will identify an application to Windows Vista and >> allow administrators to define the application's desired security >> credentials-an important step in the deployment process that helps >> facilitate a better user experience. The manifest informs Windows Vista >> when an application is User Account Control-compliant and when to prompt >> users for administrator authorization to elevate privileges. To ensure >> integrity and functionality, these manifests can and should be signed. >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906021.aspx >> >> In Windows Vista, the application manifest, an XML file that describes >> and >> identifies the shared and private side-by-side assemblies that an >> application should bind to at run time, now includes entries for UAC >> application compatibility purposes. Administrative applications that >> include an entry in the application manifest will prompt the user for >> permission to access the user's access token. Most pre-Windows Vista >> administrative applications, however, can run smoothly without >> modification >> even though they lack an entry in the application manifest by using >> application compatibility fixes. Application compatibility fixes are >> database entries that enable applications that are not UAC compliant to >> work properly with Windows Vista. >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> >> Ken Zhao >> >> Microsoft Online Support >> Microsoft Global Technical Support Center >> >> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security >> <http://www.microsoft.com/security> >> ==================================================== >> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so >> that others may learn and benefit from your issue. >> ==================================================== >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> rights. >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------- >> | Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:38:36 +0200 >> | From: Thorsten Butz <thbutz@xxxxxx> >> | User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) >> | MIME-Version: 1.0 >> | Subject: Re: Adding a manifest to a legacy app (from an administrators >> point >> | of view) >> | References: <OiKPGLX7HHA.3940@xxxxxx> >> <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> >> | In-Reply-To: <saDoeud7HHA.360@xxxxxx> >> | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> | Message-ID: <eU4kNdi7HHA.1208@xxxxxx> >> | Newsgroups: >> microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords >> | NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-062-174-127.pools.arcor-ip.net >> 84.62.174.127 >> | Lines: 1 >> | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl >> | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl >> microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords:5261 >> | X-Tomcat-NG: >> microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords >> | >> | Thanks for the reply, but: >> | my question relates to binary applications for which I do NOT own the >> | source. Is it possible to create a manifest for any existing >> application? >> | >> | Regards, >> | Thorsten >> | >> >> |
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