How to disable MANIFESTUAC using pragma comment?

Ed H 21 Reputation points
2020-11-09T09:31:02.083+00:00

I'm trying to set this linker option in my C++ file, using the normal method. This looks right to me at least: 

#pragma comment(linker, "/MANIFESTUAC:NO")

But it's not working. I get: 

warning LNK4229: invalid directive '/MANIFESTUAC:NO' encountered; ignored

Is there some way to do this with a #pragma, or do I have to do this through other means (I know it'll work if I set it through the Visual Studio GUI, but I like to put these options in the code file, so they're apparent to anyone who comes along and tries to compile my project).

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  1. RLWA32 44,926 Reputation points
    2020-11-09T10:02:58.757+00:00

    According to comment pragma

    Only the following (comment-type) linker options are available to be passed to the linker identifier: 

    /DEFAULTLIB  

/EXPORT  

/INCLUDE  

/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY  

/MERGE  

/SECTION
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