How can i add an assembly manifest to my .NET executable?

An assembly manifest is is an XML file that is added to a .NET portable executable (PE) with resource type RT_MANIFEST (24).

Assembly manifests are used to declare a number of things about the executable, e.g.:

• If i want to disable DPI-scaling because i am a good developer:

  
  
     
        true
     
  
  

• i can declare that i was designed and tested on Windows 7, and i should continue to depend on any bugs in Windows 7

• i can declare that i am a good developer, and don't need file and registry virtualization

• i can declare that i depend on a particular version 6 of the Microsoft Common Controls library:

• i can declare that i depend on a particular version of GDI+:

In the olden days, we would create a resource script file (*.rc), e.g.:

wumpa.rc

   1    24    AssemblyManifest.xml

add that file to the project, and the compiler would compile the .rc file; including resources in the final executable image.

Except Visual Studio 2010 doesn't seem to have a way to add a resource script file to a project.

How do i add a resource script to a project in Visual Studio 2010?

How do i add an assembly manifest to a project in Visual Studio 2010?

Note: Any solution must work in an environment with source control and multiple developers (e.g. hard-coded paths to probably not installed binaries will break the build and not work).

Bonus Chatter

• VS2010/.NET: How to embed a resource in a .NET PE executable?
• VS2005: How to embed a manifest in an assembly: let me count the ways... (can't be done)

Update: Michael Fox suggests that the project properties dialog can be used to include an assembly manifest, but he doesn't indicate where:

Update: Things I've tried:

• From the project properties screen, select Application. Select radio option Icon and Manifest. Under Manifest leave the default option of Embed manifest with default settings:

Doesn't work because it embeds a manifest with default settings, rather than my settings.

• Under Manifest, change the combo option to Create application without a manifest:

  

  Doesn't work because it embeds no manifest

• Under Resources select the Resource File radio option:

  

  Doesn't work because you cannot select an assembly manifest (or a resource script that includes an assembly manifest)

• Under Resources, select the Resource File radio option, then enter the path to an assembly manifest XML file:

Doesn't work because Visual Studio chokes when presented with an assembly manifest:

• Under Resources, select the Resource File radio option, then enter the path to a resource script file:

Doesn't work because Visual Studio chokes when presented with a resource script:

• Add the AssemblyManifest.xml to my project, then look for it in the Manifest combo box:

  

  Doesn't work because the Assembly Manifest file isn't listed as an option

i have a dozen other things i can keep screenshotting (add a .rc file to the solution, look for it in the dropdown, select "no manifest" and change the wumpa.rc build action to various things, build the .rc file using a separate resource compiler, either manually, or a pre-build/msbuild step, and select that .res file as my resource). i'll stop adding extra bulk to my question and hope for an answer.