Remove "Untitled - " from main frame window caption

Question

I have an MFC document application where I want to remove the "Untitled - " from the caption.

It way my understanding that I need to remove the 'AddToTitle' property from the window style, and then I can set the title, and the'untitled' string would not be added.

I tried the following, but it does not work.

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
 ...

    lpCreateStruct->cx &= ~FWS_ADDTOTITLE;
    this->SetTitle(L"The New Title");
}

Anyone know how to remove 'Untitled' from the main window title?

Thanks,
-Matt

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 19 '16 at 07:59

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OnCreate is simply too late. You have to modify the style before the window is created. Just remove FWS_ADDTOTITLE in PreCreateWindow.

This is fairly well documented here.

edited May 19 '16 at 07:59

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answered May 19 '16 at 07:56

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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From my own answer on https://stackoverflow.com/a/35495606/383779

I had a similar problem in the past. The cause of main window's title text changing back is the function CFrameWndEx::OnUpdateFrameTitle. As it is virtual, you can override it on your own derived class to have the behaviour you want. It is a solution that worked for me.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered May 18 '16 at 23:02

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 20:48

I'm not sure if this is too late but you have a typo in your question

lpCreateStruct->cx &= ~FWS_ADDTOTITLE;

That should be

lpCreateStruct->style &= ~FWS_ADDTOTITLE;

And you need to add it in the PreCreateWindow function not the OnCreate function.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '22 at 01:47

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BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow( CREATESTRUCT& cs )
{
    if( !CFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow( cs ) )
        return FALSE;

    // Eliminate the ability to programmatically change the window title.
    cs.style &= ~( FWS_ADDTOTITLE );

    // Set the window title here!
    this->SetTitle( "Your custom window title goes here!" );

    return TRUE;
}

answered May 28 '22 at 01:47

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Remove "Untitled - " from main frame window caption

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