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I am looking for a way to change my application name (that appears on right click on Windows 7 taskbar):

My Application

To something more informative like:

ImageShack Uploader

How do I do that? I am using: Qt 4.7 (MinGW), Windows

I have found some info about using certificates and signing executables, but I am not sure if it is what I need. I know how to change icon. Thanks in advance.

  • Isn't that just the application's title - which can be changed via `QWidget::setWindowTitle(const QString&)`? (Not entirely sure, therefore comment not answer.) –  Sep 25 '10 at 15:26
  • No, window title differs from executable name. –  Sep 25 '10 at 15:28

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From 5 minutes of experimentation it seem to be coming from the FileDescription field of the VERSIONINFO resource. It also seems like Windows is caching these values based on filename; I had to rename the .exe file each time I changed the resource for the changes to show up.

Luke
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  • Could you please provide an example what to add to RC file? –  Sep 26 '10 at 10:43
  • Just add a version information resource through the wizard; it's the easiest way. – Luke Sep 26 '10 at 14:06
  • Qt Creator doesn't have any wizards to add Windows version information (at least I haven't found any). And EdgeLuxe is using MinGW so he is probably using Qt Creator instead of Visual Studio. –  Sep 26 '10 at 18:35
  • @EdgeLuxe: See this question for information about RC file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2784697/setting-application-info-in-qt –  Sep 26 '10 at 18:47