Guest Lee Grissom Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 When I right-click on a file and choose the "Open With" submenu, there are a list of five applications. Two of them are my custom application, but all it says is "MyApp" and "MyApp". That's too ambiguous, b/c in reality, one of them is version 1.0 and the other is 2.0. So I'm wondering if there's a way to customize the text that appears to make it easier for my customers to know with version of the application is going to be launched depending on which menu item they clicked on. Thanks, Lee
Guest Lee Grissom Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: How do I customize the text in "Open With ->" context menu? Lee Grissom explained on 8/21/2007 : > So I'm wondering if there's a way to customize the text It seems on my system, that the value is read from the Registry under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache and for the path of my executables, the value can be any localized string I wish. It seems that the OS automatically populates this value by extracting it from the executable if possible, but for my .NET application it's not working the way I'd like. I'm not sure if I'm going down the correct road or not. -- Lee
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: How do I customize the text in "Open With ->" context menu? You could recompile the application with your preferred text, such as "MyApp v2.0". The "Open With" uses the "Description" field in executables. If that's not possible, let me know. There is another way around. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Lee Grissom" <lee.grissom--@--quest.com> wrote in message news:mn.ab517d78f88095be.0@0-quest.com... When I right-click on a file and choose the "Open With" submenu, there are a list of five applications. Two of them are my custom application, but all it says is "MyApp" and "MyApp". That's too ambiguous, b/c in reality, one of them is version 1.0 and the other is 2.0. So I'm wondering if there's a way to customize the text that appears to make it easier for my customers to know with version of the application is going to be launched depending on which menu item they clicked on. Thanks, Lee
Guest Lee Grissom Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: How do I customize the text in "Open With ->" context menu? on 8/21/2007, Ramesh, MS-MVP supposed : > You could recompile the application with your preferred text, such as "MyApp > v2.0". The "Open With" uses the "Description" field in executables. > > If that's not possible, let me know. There is another way around. Thanks Ramesh. Now I understand. For some strange reason, non of the VersionInfo fields of my .NET executable are present. Maybe it has to do with the Manifest file, I'm not sure, but the version information doesn't appear. I'll have to figure that out. In the mean time, you mentioned another way around? Please do tell. Many thanks. -- Lee
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: How do I customize the text in "Open With ->" context menu? Lee, See: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969321.aspx <quote> You can also include a FriendlyAppName value to provide the system with a friendly name for your application. The application's friendly name may also be extracted from its executable file, but only if the FriendlyAppName value is absent </quote> -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Lee Grissom" <lee.grissom--@--quest.com> wrote in message news:mn.b2257d781df087d5.0@0-quest.com... on 8/21/2007, Ramesh, MS-MVP supposed : > You could recompile the application with your preferred text, such as "MyApp > v2.0". The "Open With" uses the "Description" field in executables. > > If that's not possible, let me know. There is another way around. Thanks Ramesh. Now I understand. For some strange reason, non of the VersionInfo fields of my .NET executable are present. Maybe it has to do with the Manifest file, I'm not sure, but the version information doesn't appear. I'll have to figure that out. In the mean time, you mentioned another way around? Please do tell. Many thanks. -- Lee
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