In Visual Basic, the project properties are structured a little differently.  If you find this question and you're in VB in VS2010, follow these instructions to generate an *app.manifest* file.

1. To create an **app.manifest** file, go to your project, and select properties.  Then click on **View Window Settings**, under the *Application* tab.
 * ![ViewWindowSettings][ViewWindowSettings]
2. This should generate and open the **app.manifest** file, which is saved in your **My Project Folder**
 * ![app.manifest][app.manifest]

**Further Reading:** [WPF MessageBox window style][StackOverflow]

[ViewWindowSettings]: http://i.imgur.com/o75ycPB.png
[app.manifest]: http://i.imgur.com/RTxchBn.png
[StackOverflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19187421/1366033

I posted [a comment to Microsoft][1] that the Dialog Boxes in WPF are not VisualStyle enabled.

Joe Castro posted a workaround there which I don't really understand how to achieve, can anyone help?

**Here is he's response:**

For app compat reasons applications don't by default use v6 of the system common controls (available since XP). This doesn't really apply to WPF, but you also only see it in a few situations when using the native controls so it's not as prevalent as WinForms where their APIs are just wrapping the standard controls.

To fix this in WPF you need to explicitly opt-in to v6 comctl32 by specifying it in a manifest in your exe. This has to be done on the exe, so WPF can't do it as part of their DLLs. EnableVisualStyles does this at runtime but this way is generally better.

E.g., something like:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
    <description>MyExe.exe</description>
    <dependency>
        <dependentAssembly>
            <assemblyIdentity
                type="win32"
                name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
                version="6.0.0.0"
                processorArchitecture="*"
                publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
                language="*"/>
        </dependentAssembly>
    </dependency>
</assembly>
```

  [1]: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=420920



Change WPF application manifest?

I have a WPF application that I want to make it able to start always as an Adminstrator. I've been reading a lot about it and it seems that I have to create my own manifest file and pass it to the Application properties so that on runtime it starts as an Administrator.

The application itself loads a file and sometimes the file might demand administrator access so it can be modified. That is why I am looking for a way after the Application gets installed to be able to always get started in administrator mode.