Can I use custom manifest file to load COM .dll

[Daniel-Marsalek]

Hi,
I need to use in our app external library provided as .dll which is does not have standard win entry points. If i start application normally, it can find that .dll through manifest file and everything works. But when i start it with benchmarks I get following error:

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
 ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154): Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {12345678-9012-3456-7890-123456789012} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)).

Is there any way how to prevent this error and load that .dll ? Like use of manifest file ?
I can't change anything in that .dll as it is external library I need to use.

[timcassell]

I don't know much about manifest files, but you could try CopyToOutputDirectory? https://stackoverflow.com/a/44378406