diff --git a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
index 3897db177f1edde0ff9c911e48ca105a64b04c49..a975a2b32fe3b45b1c18963b967aeadcd089ece9 100644
--- a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
+++ b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ def extract_names(self,src):
 
 class WindowsManifest(ViewerManifest):
     def final_exe(self):
-        if self.default_channel():
-            if self.default_grid():
-                return "SecondLife.exe"
-            else:
-                return "SecondLifePreview.exe"
-        else:
-            return ''.join(self.channel().split()) + '.exe'
+        app_suffix="Test"
+        channel_type=self.channel_lowerword()
+        if channel_type == 'release' :
+            app_suffix=''
+        elif re.match('(beta|project) .*',channel_type) :
+            app_suffix=''.join(self.channel_unique().split())
+        return "SecondLife"+app_suffix+".exe"
 
     def test_msvcrt_and_copy_action(self, src, dst):
         # This is used to test a dll manifest.
@@ -295,26 +295,9 @@ def test_for_no_msvcrt_manifest_and_copy_action(self, src, dst):
         else:
             print "Doesn't exist:", src
         
-    ### DISABLED MANIFEST CHECKING for vs2010.  we may need to reenable this
-    # shortly.  If this hasn't been reenabled by the 2.9 viewer release then it
-    # should be deleted -brad
-    #def enable_crt_manifest_check(self):
-    #    if self.is_packaging_viewer():
-    #       WindowsManifest.copy_action = WindowsManifest.test_msvcrt_and_copy_action
-
-    #def enable_no_crt_manifest_check(self):
-    #    if self.is_packaging_viewer():
-    #        WindowsManifest.copy_action = WindowsManifest.test_for_no_msvcrt_manifest_and_copy_action
-
-    #def disable_manifest_check(self):
-    #    if self.is_packaging_viewer():
-    #        del WindowsManifest.copy_action
-
     def construct(self):
         super(WindowsManifest, self).construct()
 
-        #self.enable_crt_manifest_check()
-
         if self.is_packaging_viewer():
             # Find secondlife-bin.exe in the 'configuration' dir, then rename it to the result of final_exe.
             self.path(src='%s/secondlife-bin.exe' % self.args['configuration'], dst=self.final_exe())
@@ -324,15 +307,11 @@ def construct(self):
                                         'llplugin', 'slplugin', self.args['configuration']),
                            "slplugin.exe")
         
-        #self.disable_manifest_check()
-
         self.path2basename("../viewer_components/updater/scripts/windows", "update_install.bat")
         # Get shared libs from the shared libs staging directory
         if self.prefix(src=os.path.join(os.pardir, 'sharedlibs', self.args['configuration']),
                        dst=""):
 
-            #self.enable_crt_manifest_check()
-            
             # Get llcommon and deps. If missing assume static linkage and continue.
             try:
                 self.path('llcommon.dll')
@@ -344,8 +323,6 @@ def construct(self):
                 print err.message
                 print "Skipping llcommon.dll (assuming llcommon was linked statically)"
 
-            #self.disable_manifest_check()
-
             # Mesh 3rd party libs needed for auto LOD and collada reading
             try:
                 if self.args['configuration'].lower() == 'debug':
@@ -409,8 +386,6 @@ def construct(self):
         self.path("featuretable.txt")
         self.path("featuretable_xp.txt")
 
-        #self.enable_no_crt_manifest_check()
-
         # Media plugins - QuickTime
         if self.prefix(src='../media_plugins/quicktime/%s' % self.args['configuration'], dst="llplugin"):
             self.path("media_plugin_quicktime.dll")
@@ -490,15 +465,10 @@ def construct(self):
 
                 self.end_prefix()
 
-        #self.disable_manifest_check()
-
         # pull in the crash logger and updater from other projects
         # tag:"crash-logger" here as a cue to the exporter
         self.path(src='../win_crash_logger/%s/windows-crash-logger.exe' % self.args['configuration'],
                   dst="win_crash_logger.exe")
-# For CHOP-397, windows updater no longer used.
-#        self.path(src='../win_updater/%s/windows-updater.exe' % self.args['configuration'],
-#                  dst="updater.exe")
 
         if not self.is_packaging_viewer():
             self.package_file = "copied_deps"