Visual Style Issues

ok. I have read forum after forum doc after doc. Someone please just tell me why the visual styles wont enable.

I am debugging in VC++ 2010 express.

Things I have done:

1: created a New2.exe.manifest file
2: added the file in the project properties->Manifest Tools->Input and Output->Additional manifest files = New2.exe.manifest.
3: added these lines in my resource.h file

#define CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID 1
#define CONTROL_PANEL_RESOURCE_ID 123
#define RT_MANIFEST 24


#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")

4: added this bit of code to the { int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) } function

added code:
INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX InitCtrls;
InitCtrls.dwSize = sizeof(InitCtrls);
// Set this to include all the common control classes you want to use
// in your application.
InitCtrls.dwICC = ICC_WIN95_CLASSES;
InitCommonControlsEx(&InitCtrls);


I know that the program is reading the manifest file because if I change static parts (ie: version="6.0.0.0" to version="20.0.0.0") I get an error. Regardless of what I do, every time I debug the program the same win 95 styled controls come back. Oh, I can found that if I change the styles of the computer the program does follow that style, and I currently have the computer in that classic style.

many thanks to the person who can point me in the right direction.