I have a question regarding the compilation of a simple c++ program. I just got a new computer and downloaded Microsoft Visual c++. I then created a Console application to test if everything is dandy. I made a simple hello world application with the precompiled stdafx.h files included and received this error:

LINK: fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt

it wouldn't let me even compile the program.... I looked into the web and found out one simple thing:

1. go into project | properties | Configuration Properties | Manifest Tool and then make sure Embed Manifest is turned to No instead of Yes.

I did this and it worked perfectly... so my question is this:

Why does my project compile now that this simple project property is changed? What does this do? Will I run into problems if I continue to leave it turned to No?

Please let me know if you need any more information on this matter.

Thanks in advance!

Wayne Prim

Thanks Portent!