Trouble embedding a manifest into a .exe

On Jul 24, 4:56 pm, "Steve Easton" <ad...@95isalive.com> wrote:

> The embedded manifest will fail to execute if the file size of the manifest in bytes is not "exactly"
> divisible by 4 "before" you compile it into a .res file.
>
> Pad the manifest with spaces at the end until the file size is evenly divisible by 4.
> Then compile it into a .res file and then import it using Resource Hacker.

Hi Steve, thanks for the response, still no luck but I may be doing
something wrong. Here is what I did:
1. I padded the manifest with spaces, had a size of 488 bytes.
2. I opened the .exe in Resource Hacker
3. I then selected "Add a new resource" from the Action pull down
menu
4. With the Add a new resource dialog open, selected the manifest
file I created (MyApp.exe.MANIFEST)
5. Set Resource Type to: 24
6. Set Resource Name to: 1
7. Set Resource Language to: 1033
8. Saved the file

When I run the .exe I get "Could not initialize installation. File
size expected=1869181810, size returned=126006

I do something wrong? Any other ideas?

I found the solution, someone guided me to the answer on the Altiris/
Wise forums. By embedding the manifest into stub32.exe, code I then
compile results with the same manifest I embedded into stub32.exe. I
could not use mt.exe to embed the manifest into stub32.exe but I was
able to do it using resource hacker in the following manner:
1. I opened the stub32.exe in Resource Hacker
2. I then selected "Add a new resource" from the Action pull down
menu
3. With the Add a new resource dialog open, selected the manifest
file I created (MyApp.exe.MANIFEST)
4. Set Resource Type to: 24
5. Set Resource Name to: 1
6. Set Resource Language to: 1033
7. Compiled the script
8. Saved the stub32.exe file

Now anything I compile with Wise Script Editor now has the
MyApp.exe.MANIFEST embedded into the .exe. Thanks for the assistance.