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Hi,

I cloned the repos and then created a console project for the client.
Then I built it successfully by #importing the decoder.tlb
I have a client.exe with no embed manifest (verified that with mt.exe)
I copied your "client.exe.manifest" alongside the client.exe

Then I built the Decoder.dll and used:
mt -managedassemblyname:decoder.dll -out:decoder.manifest -nodependency
I got a warning:
mt : genman warning G81010014: Explicit guid not defined for type Decoder.StringDecoder.

Now I have the 4 files in the same place: the exe, the dll, and the two "manifest"
But CreateInstance fails with 0x80040154...

Then, I added the client.exe.manifest as resource inside the exe with:
mt -manifest client.exe.manifest -outputresource:client.exe;#1

Then IT Worked!

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hello

That's cool BUT I can't change the EXE I use (that is: adding a manifest resource)

Why can't I have the client.exe manifest as a stand alone file?