apparently new compilers alraedy embed the app.manifest into the app, no need for mt.exe anymore

src/Libraries/Manifest Tool/mt.exe.config

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version ="1.0"?> 
-<!-- This allows mt.exe to run on machines with the CLR v4 installed but not 1.1 or 2.0 -->
-<configuration> 
-    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> 
-        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/> 
-        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
-        <supportedRuntime version="v1.1.4322"/>
-    </startup> 
-</configuration>

src/ServiceHelpers/ServiceInstall/ServiceInstall.csproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@
     <Content Include="green_puzzle.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent Condition="('$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT')">"$(SolutionDir)Libraries\Manifest Tool\mt.exe" -manifest "$(ProjectDir)app.manifest"  –outputresource:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)";#1</PostBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.

src/ServiceHelpers/ServiceUninstall/ServiceUninstall.csproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@
     <Content Include="red_puzzle.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent Condition="('$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT')">"$(SolutionDir)Libraries\Manifest Tool\mt.exe" -manifest "$(ProjectDir)app.manifest"  –outputresource:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)";#1</PostBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.