title: How do I add a manifest to an executable using mt.exe?
body: <p>I'm trying to use mt.exe from the Windows SDK to add a manifest to an executable file that doesn't have one, using the following command line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\winsdk61&gt;mt.exe -nologo -manifest "r:\shared\hl.exe.manifest" -updateresource:"r:\shared\hl33m.exe;#1"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, when I do, I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mt.exe : general error c101008c: Failed to read the manifest from
  the resource of file "r:\shared\hl33m.exe". The specified resource
  type cannot be found in the image file.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Of course the resource wasn't found in the file - the file doesn't have a manifest, that's why I want to add one.</p>
  
  <p>How can I append a manifest to an executable file? Shouldn't this be simple?</p>