Ok, so i’ve made some headway small hack and now we know where the VS2010 install dir is . getting the following

1>------ Build started: Project: makepanda, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
1>Build started 1/1/2012 10:54:50 AM.
1>Build:
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1> DirectX SDK:
1> Looking for the latest DirectX SDK
1> Using DirectX SDK June 2010
1> Looking for the Dx8 SDK in the registry uninstaller keys
1> Couldn’t find a DirectX 8 SDK
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1> sys.platform = win32
1> Checking hack for Visual Studio 2010 install directory
1> c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\ - Located in registry.
1> vcdir set to: c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0
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1> Windows Platform SDK:
1> Searching for the latest version
1> Windows 7.1 SDK detected. Enabling special features (multi-touch).
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package eigen, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package awesomium, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package ffmpeg, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package swscale, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package fltk, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package bullet, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package bullet, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package bullet, excluding from build
1>EXEC : warning : Could not locate thirdparty package bullet, excluding from build
1> Generating library cache…
1> 1094 File(s) copied
1> 2399 File(s) copied
1> 40 File(s) copied
1> 147 File(s) copied
1> Generating dependencies…
1> —>Number of (possible) tasks left 499
1> (These tasks maybe done already)
1> [ 0%] Building resource object built/tmp/pandaIcon.res
1> Microsoft ® Windows ® Resource Compiler Version 6.1.7600.16385
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1> [ 0%] Building C++ object built/tmp/p3dtoolbase_composite1.obj
1> p3dtoolbase_composite1.cxx
1> [ 0%] Building C++ object built/tmp/p3dtoolbase_composite2.obj
1> p3dtoolbase_composite2.cxx
1> [ 0%] Building C object built/tmp/p3dtoolbase_lookup3.obj
1> lookup3.c
1> [ 0%] Building C++ object built/tmp/p3dtoolbase_indent.obj
1> indent.cxx
1> [ 1%] Building C++ object built/tmp/p3dtoolutil_composite1.obj
1> p3dtoolutil_composite1.cxx
1> [ 1%] Building C++ object built/tmp/p3dtoolutil_composite2.obj
1> p3dtoolutil_composite2.cxx
1> [ 1%] Building C++ object built/tmp/p3dtool_dtool.obj
1> dtool.cxx
1> [ 1%] Linking dynamic library built/bin/libp3dtool.dll
1> Creating library built/lib/libp3dtool.lib and object built/lib/libp3dtool.exp
1> Storing dependency cache.
1> Elapsed Time: 2 min 11 sec
1> Cannot read built/bin/libp3dtool.dll.manifest
1> Build terminated.
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1>Build succeeded.
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1>Time Elapsed 00:02:11.59
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

libp3dtool.dll.manifest ??? any ideas whats missing