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Name program in the context menu "Open with ..."

How to configure the name of the program visible in the Open With ... context menu in Windows XP and 7?

For example: I have 3 versions of a product called XYZ installed on Windows; .x files are related to xyz.exe (COM registration).

All versions of the product have the same name .exe . Now in the context menu "Open with ..." it shows the XYZ program 3 times (3 versions are installed), but with the same name.

How do I show the version? That is, XYZ V1.0, XYZ V2.0, etc.

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Save below as a .reg file, change it to your needs and import into the registry:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VLCMoveOnEnd.exe] "FriendlyAppName"="VLC (Move on end)" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VLCMoveOnEnd.exe\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VLCMoveOnEnd.exe\shell\open] "FriendlyAppName"="VLC (Move on end)"

Taken from my answer to the same question .

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I had the same problem with several different versions of the blender.

I read the answer above, but I don’t think that saving “below as a .reg file” is the fastest way.

1) Go to

 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\**YOUR PROGRAM HERE***.exe\shell\open]

2) With the "open" folder selected, right-click to add a new string value FriendlyAppName

3) Change the Value data to the desired application name

Image steps :)

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