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Asked: 2020-06-15 23:14:03 +0800 CST 2020-06-15 23:14:03 +0800 CST

Change app name in Visual Studio

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I have an application created with Visual Studio with several projects inside. For each project I create an executable that I am going to use later, the executable has a name like miAplicacion.exe, but when I try to open a file from "Open with..." the name that appears is myApplication and I would like "Jota Application" to appear. Say a friendly name instead of the executable name. Can this be done from Visual Studio? Or is it by building the installer and registering my app?

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    In principle, the name that should appear is the one you specify as "Title" of the application in the assembly information.

    Open the project properties. In the "Application" tab click the "Assembly Information" button and put whatever name you want in "Title". enter image description here

    In the image it is in English but I think it is understood.

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    1. Change the name of the solution, then the name of your project. In the Visual menu, click on the Project tab and select the properties of your project.
    2. In the properties window, in the Application section, replace Assembly Name: and Root Namespace: with the new name you have given to your solution and project.
    3. In the event that you have namespace errors in Datasets etc, replace all previous references (old assembly name or root namespace) with the new assembly name and/or root namespace.
    4. Close Visual Studio and go to your project folder. There select and delete all the *.suo files you find.
    5. You should now be able to open your project again.
    6. This solution in my case works in Visual Studio 2010 with project type Windows Forms.
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