This article is a guide to making applications UAC aware for Vista. An application can be made Vista aware through the use of an embedded manifest.

The Manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
    <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
        <security>
            <requestedPrivileges>
                <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"/>
            </requestedPrivileges>
        </security>
    </trustInfo>
</assembly> 

Levels

Embedding the manifest into the file

In this example a manifest file saved as Foobar.exe.manifest is added to an application named Foobar.exe. Note the #1 for application.

mt.exe -manifest "Foobar.exe.manifest" -outputresource:"Foobar.exe";#1    

In this example a manifest file saved as Foobar.dll.manifest is added to a class library named Foobar.dll. Note the #2 for a code library.

mt.exe -manifest "Foobar.dll.manifest" -outputresource:"Foobar.dll";#2   

Using Visual Studio post-build command to embed the manifest

"$(DevEnvDir)..\..\SDK\v2.0\bin\mt.exe" -manifest "$(ProjectDir)Foobar.exe.manifest" -outputresource:"$(TargetPath)";#1 

References

Making Your Application UAC Aware link

Here is a short description of how the MSI installer in Visual Studio works.

Klik Here

There is two ways to remove the source safe binding.

• Use Visual Studio to remove the binding
• Manual remove.

Use Visual Studio

• Start visual studio without acces to the source safe server

• Select the Permanently remoce source control association bindings
• Klik ok.

Manual remove

1 – Go to the folder containing the solution files and delete the following:
          mssccprj.scc
          MyProject.vssscc
          vssver.scc

2 – Open MyProject.sln in your favorite text editor and remove the following section:
          GlobalSection(SourceCodeControl) = preSolution
                     …
          EndGlobalSection

3 – Go to the folder containing the project files and delete the following:
          MyProject.vbproj.vspscc
          mssccprj.scc
          vssver.scc

4 – Open MyProject.vbproj in your text editor and remove the following lines:
          SccProjectName = "SAK"
          SccLocalPath = "SAK"
          SccAuxPath = "SAK"
          SccProvider = "SAK"

Now you can open the solution/project with no source control errors.