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title: "What is manifest in .NET Framework?"  
description: "What is manifest in .NET Framework?"  
author: "Tarun Gautam"  
published: 2017-11-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30524/what-is-manifest-in-dot-net-framework  
category: "programming"  
tags: ["asp.net", ".net programming", "asp.net mvc"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is manifest in .NET Framework?

What is [manifest](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2614/how-to-define-an-activity-as-launcher-activity-in-application-manifest-file) in .NET [Framework](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12/dot-net-framework)?

## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**manifest in .NET Framework**

- In .net framework, manifest is the **text file that contains meta data information** about CLI assemblies.
- It contains **names, version and security demands** that are used to verify the assembly.
- It also **contain****s** **hashes of all the .net files** that are makes the assembly.
- All the assembly of the **manifest is stored in the .exe or .dll files.**
- It contains a collection of information that is used to describe how the **elements are related to each other** in an assembly.
- You can **add or modify some content** in the Manifest by **using assembly attributes** in your code projects.


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