Reading the manifest of an EXE or DLL without loading it

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Is it possible in C++ to read the manifest of an EXE file or DLL whitout loading it?
I read that there are some API functions such as FindResourceEx, but they require HMODULE acquired by LoadLibrary. (I do have the file handle of the exe or DLL I want to get the manifest from).

Read this link on how to extract it from the .Exe file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/420852/reading-an-applications-manifest-file — Software_Designer, Sep 14 '12 at 09:33
But they actually load the library. I don't want to do that. — Idov, Sep 14 '12 at 09:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '12 at 10:58

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You can also get an HMODULE from LoadLibraryEx(file, 0, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE | LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_IMAGE_RESOURCE).

answered Sep 14 '12 at 10:58

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