How can I change the name of a program that shows up in dialogs like "Open with..." on Windows 7? In particular, I'd like to make this dialog
simply say "Foxit Reader" or "Foxit Reader 4.1" without the slogan attached.
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The executable description is pulled from the executable itself, from the Version resource, in the FileDescription field You can use a Resource Editor to modify the executable and change the description. This is editing the notepad++ description from "Notepad++: a free (GNU) source code editor" to "Notepad++ Hum":
Here is the dialog afterwards:
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The information seems to be aquired from the "version info" in the program itself, it is the file description. "Resource hacker" will show that. lets assume that you have the rights to alter it , you can just edit the text there, "compile script", then save the program back out. Not done yet, because it is also stored in the MUI in the registry, so you can search for it in the registry, and remove it from the MUI, or do a MUI rip removing all of them. Observe the same information being provided via the explorer in the "baloon" when hovering over the program , or by setting the "file description" item as one of the columns. Messing with a programs resources , using that method doesnt work for some things, and changing things can rarely make a program work different/worse. Resource hacker saves a file called filename.original , when you do a save over the original. That file is the backup. | ||||
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