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I have set up my version table info in my version.rc file as follows:

+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|       Key       |                  Value                  |
+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|   CompanyName   | MyCompany
| FileDescription | A test application that does something. |
|  InternalName   | TestApp                                 |
|   FileVersion   | 1.0.0                                   |
| OriginalFilename| TestApp.exe
|  ProductVersion | 1.0.0                                   |
|   ProductName   | Test Application                        |
+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+

Whenever my application crashes or some antivirus message pops up asking for permission or basically any event that displays my application name occurs, the application name is displayed as "A test application that does something", i.e. FileDescription is taken as the application name. I am using this article as my reference.

What I see:

What I see

What I Want to See:

What I want to see

To achieve the second image, I edited FileDescription to "Test Application".

BUT, now in the task manager (and other areas where the description is used),

After Editing FileDescription to "Test Application":

After editing 'FileDescription' to "Test Application"

Before Editing FileDescription:

Before editing 'FileDescription'

I want to know if there's some way to specify to the OS to use the ProductName in the first case above (and other similar cases) and FileDescription in the second case above (and other similar cases).

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  • You haven't described the behavior you expected to see, or what's wrong with the observed behavior. – jalf Mar 19 '13 at 12:40
  • @jalf, Whoops! Thought that was obvious. Oh well. Edited. – Anish Ramaswamy Mar 19 '13 at 12:46
  • @jalf, I added screenshots. I hope my question is clearer now. – Anish Ramaswamy Mar 20 '13 at 05:08
  • That is the way it works. File Description string is not actually the whole description of file. It could be just the string that gives the idea of what your file is related to. I don't think, you can do anything about this. – Abhineet Mar 20 '13 at 06:04
  • @Abhineet, According to [that MSDN article](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381058.aspx), _"File description to be presented to users. This string may be displayed in a list box when the user is choosing files to install?for example, 'Keyboard Driver for AT-Style Keyboards'."_. I think I'm using it in the same way. – Anish Ramaswamy Mar 20 '13 at 09:37
  • I am not saying that you are using it wrong. I am just saying that I don't think that anything can be done in this case. Anyways let experts answer these. – Abhineet Mar 20 '13 at 11:00

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