download Question

[Guest biermanoski]

I went to C/Net and downloaded Free software but I didn't like the Programs

name. Am I able to change the Name of the Program when it's blue-highlighted

in the window's box?

 

And if I can, should I add the extention .exe after my new name ??

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Thank you,

Jean

[Guest PD43]

Re: download Question

 

biermanoski <biermanoski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> went to C/Net and downloaded Free software but I didn't like the Programs

>name. Am I able to change the Name of the Program when it's blue-highlighted

>in the window's box?

>

>And if I can, should I add the extention .exe after my new name ??

 

You can rename it to anything you want but do NOT change the

extension.

 

That renaming will not change the name once it has been installed.

[Guest biermanoski]

Re: download Question

 

"That renaming will not change the name once it has been installed."

 

HUH?

 

..exe is the extention for a program. My (?) was - if I dont type it after

the changed name - will Window's insert it by default?

 

My 2nd (?) is when software Title is changed - will I have a problem during

install?

 

Hope this time I made my two questions clearer.

 

Thank you,

Jean

 

 

"PD43" wrote:

> biermanoski <biermanoski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > went to C/Net and downloaded Free software but I didn't like the Programs

> >name. Am I able to change the Name of the Program when it's blue-highlighted

> >in the window's box?

> >

> >And if I can, should I add the extention .exe after my new name ??

>

> You can rename it to anything you want but do NOT change the

> extension.

>

> That renaming will not change the name once it has been installed.

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: download Question

 

biermanoski <biermanoski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>"That renaming will not change the name once it has been installed."

>

>HUH?

>

>.exe is the extention for a program. My (?) was - if I dont type it after

>the changed name - will Window's insert it by default?

 

When you rename a file, you must rename it completely, extension and

all.

>My 2nd (?) is when software Title is changed - will I have a problem during

>install?

 

Nope.

[Guest biermanoski]

RE: download Question

 

I EXPERIMENTED AND GOT MY (2) ANSWERS:

 

You Don't have to type in .exe as Windows by default will insert it in the

Downloading Window. You can see it there.

 

You can change the Title of the Software and it will NOT affect the

Installation process.

 

I should have done this rather than create a confusing Post.

 

Jean

 

 

"biermanoski" wrote:

> I went to C/Net and downloaded Free software but I didn't like the Programs

> name. Am I able to change the Name of the Program when it's blue-highlighted

> in the window's box?

>

> And if I can, should I add the extention .exe after my new name ??

> --

> Thank you,

> Jean

[Guest Elmo]

Re: download Question

 

biermanoski wrote:

> "That renaming will not change the name once it has been installed."

>

> HUH?

>

> .exe is the extenSion for a program. My (?) was - If I don't type it after

> the changed name - will Windows insert it by default?

 

If there's no extension on a shortcut, renaming it from Abc, to Aaa.exe

will give it the name Aaa.exe.exe So, when you rename it, if there's no

extenSion shown, don't add one. If the associated icon changes, or the

program won't run, add the extenSion.

> My 2nd (?) is when software Title is changed - will I have a problem during

> install?

 

Most installs write to the registry. If you change a filename after the

install, it won't be seen by its associations and registry entries. Any

shortcut can be renamed without causing a problem; the actual path is

still the proper filename.

> Hope this time I made my two questions clearer.

>

> Thank you,

> Jean

>

>

> "PD43" wrote:

>

>> biermanoski <biermanoski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>>> went to C/Net and downloaded Free software but I didn't like the Programs

>>> name. Am I able to change the Name of the Program when it's blue-highlighted

>>> in the Windows box?

>>>

>>> And if I can, should I add the extenSion .exe after my new name ??

>> You can rename it to anything you want but do NOT change the

>> extension.

>>

>> That renaming will not change the name once it has been installed.

 

 

 

 

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Joe =o)