There are a number of possible problems that I listed in the order in which I suspect, most likely less likely.
Possible problem 1
What are your UAC settings? As described in Create and paste an application manifest (UAC) , if you have disabled UAC and you are requesting administrator permissions
The application may start, but will later
Possible problem 2
There may be something wrong where in the manifest, how is the collection of information required. Holding your entire manifest will help.
Possible problem 3
You have added applicationRequestMinimum
node, which is not required for UAC escalation. Maybe you should refuse and try again.
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