How does one attach a manifest file to a D executable on Windows?

[solidstate1991]

On Saturday, 25 May 2024 at 19:51:25 UTC, John Chapman wrote:
>
> Not tested but from memory I do this:
>
> 1) Copy that first XML snippet from the page you linked, save 
> to a file called example.exe.manifest
> 2) Create a resource script file called resources.rc, with this 
> at the top:
>    1 24 "example.exe.manifest"
> 3) Compile it with rc.exe
> 4) Include the resulting resources.res on your DMD command line
>
> You might also need to call InitCommonControls or 
> InitCommonControlsEx before creating any windows.

Added a few more line to my `resources.rc` file, it seems like 
the issue is the resource file not being touched at all.

I've put `dflags "resources.res" platform="windows"` in my 
`dub.sdl` file, it doesn't even care if there's a typo in the 
resource file's path.