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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes'?>
+<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0' xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+
+    <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+        <application>
+            <!--This Id value indicates the application supports Windows 7 functionality-->
+            <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+        </application>
+    </compatibility>
+
+    <asmv3:application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+        <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns:ws2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">
+            <ws2:longPathAware>true</ws2:longPathAware>
+        </asmv3:windowsSettings>
+        <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">
+            <activeCodePage>UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+        </asmv3:windowsSettings>
+    </asmv3:application>
+
+</assembly>
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