SIDE-BY-SIDE MANIFEST MAKER

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Say good bye to DLL hell

Leverage Windows desktop and server side-by-side technology

Run VB, C++, .Net, Powerbuilder applications registration free

Run multiple web applications on IIS without COM conflicts

Use .Net interop as COM client or COM server

More benefits to be documented soon...

Manifest Maker News

Version 8.0 adds Visual Studio 2022 integration, Windows 11 support. more...

Version 7.0 adds Visual Studio 2019 integration. more...

Version 6.1 adds more windowsSettings and fixes bugs. more...

Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 8.1. more from Microsoft...

 

 

 

What is Side-by-Side

Microsoft Windows support side-by-side technology. The goal of this technology is to allow conflict-free concurrent execution of multiple programs using different, possibly conflicting, versions of the same COM components and non-COM DLLs.

COM registration is no longer necessary. All you need is a manifest - an XML file describing your COM components. The rest is done by the operating system. Read more...

Windows 10 Support Statement

Side-by-Side Manifest Maker is supported by Maze Solutions LLC on all editions of Windows 10 on the following servicing branches: Current Branch, Current Branch for Business and Long-Term Servicing branch. Support will end when Microsoft extended support ends for the corresponding editions and servicing branches.

Windows 11 Support Statement

Side-by-Side Manifest Maker is supported by Maze Solutions LLC on all editions of Windows 11 on the following servicing branches: Current Branch, Current Branch for Business and Long-Term Servicing branch. Support will end when Microsoft extended support ends for the corresponding editions and servicing branches.

Why Manifest Maker

With Manifest Maker it is now possible to build manifests quickly and reliably. It is now possible to isolate (run using side-by-side) most applications using typical off-the-shelf and built in-house COM components.  Read more...