Change visible application name (Windows)

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Change visible application name (Windows)

Hello, I am looking for a way to change my application name (that appears on right click on Windows 7 taskbar):

My Application

To something more informative like:

ImageShack Uploader

How do I do that? I am using: Qt 4.7 (MinGW), Windows

I have found some info about using certificates and signing executables, but I am not sure if it is what I need. I know how to change icon. Thanks in advance.

From 5 minutes of experimentation it seem to be coming from the FileDescription field of the VERSIONINFO resource. It also seems like Windows is caching these values based on filename; I had to rename the .exe file each time I changed the resource for the changes to show up.

Luke 2010-09-25 21:31:15

Could you please provide an example what to add to RC file?

EdgeLuxe 2010-09-26 10:43:00

Just add a version information resource through the wizard; it's the easiest way.

Luke 2010-09-26 14:06:35

Qt Creator doesn't have any wizards to add Windows version information (at least I haven't found any). And EdgeLuxe is using MinGW so he is probably using Qt Creator instead of Visual Studio.

Roku 2010-09-26 18:35:09

@EdgeLuxe: See this question for information about RC file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2784697/setting-application-info-in-qt

Roku 2010-09-26 18:47:08

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