Since 6u7 we've been adding manifests to windows executables.
There are such executables that are part of the main JDK repo
(java, javac, javaw, keytool, etc, etc) and there are ones
that are part of deployment (javaws, jqs, javacpl, etc, etc)

In JDK 7 it appeared that only the deployment portion of this
was forward ported and the JDK portion was getting default
manifests via the new VS2010 compiler (specifically JDK builds
passed /manifest to LINK.EXE and then used "MT.EXE" to apply
it to the binary).

JDK needed to have 3 different elements there to support
UAC, hi dpi aware, and correct XP styles on dialogs

The JDK issues have just been updated under
7013109: windows application manifest problems
6829055: Update application manifests with new Windows 7 dpiAware section

In the JDK case there's just one manifest template file
that's tweaked via SED and applied to all tools.

In deployment there are many files :
./src/javaws/win32/native/javaws_proto.exe.manifest
./src/jqs/windows/resources/jqs.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/share/ffjavaconsole/chrome.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/com/axbridge/packager/packager_proto.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/controlpanel/cplexec/javacpl_proto.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/converter/htmlconverter_proto.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/jbroker/jbroker_proto.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/plugin2/jp2launcher/jp2launcher_proto.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/ssv/ssvagent/ssvagent_proto.exe.manifest
./src/plugin/win32/ssvagent/ssvagent_proto.exe.manifest

I believe that as of the VS2010 switch some of these may not be
getting the manifest they expect.

I also note that of these only obviously javaws and javacpl need
the two GUI related manifest entires, but all likely need the UAC one.

Each of these should be examined to see if it has the appropriate
entries. Seems there may also be opportunity for consolidation
if make file structure doesn't make it too difficult.
Or in the case of many or all of th non-gui native only tools it might
be sufficient to use the default compiler generated manifest.