How do I prevent programmatically the “Program Compatibility Assistant” in Vista (and Windows 7) from appearing?

Question

I develop a C++ program which might use adobe flash, although it is not essential.
I use CoCreateInstance to create the flash object, and if it fails, I know flash is no

Answer 1

Snippet from here (Talks about setup but relevant to your case)

How can I opt out of the Program Compatibility Assistant for my setup?

In order to prevent the Program Compatibility Assistant from appearing, you must include an embedded manifest that specifies a requested execution level for your setup executable. If you wrap the setup executable in a self-extracting package, you must also include an embedded manifest in the self-extracting package too. Once you do this, Windows Vista will treat your setup as Windows Vista-aware, and it will no longer show the PCA dialog when setup exits after a failure or cancellation.