EXE Author's name on Windows 11

[Jimmy]

hi Enrico,

Please look at the startup applications tab in the Task Manager of Windows 11. The Author's name is displayed only for the apps and not for the desktop programs anymore. It was few months ago, I am sure.

when you talk about Task Manager : right click on Header to "add" Company Name

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this CODE will show you all available Property

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FUNCTION GetMetaData( cPath, cFilename )
LOCAL aRet          := {}
LOCAL nItem, iMax := 333
LOCAL objShell      := CreateObject( "Shell.Application" )
LOCAL objFolder
LOCAL objFolderItem
LOCAL cFileInfo
LOCAL cHeaderInfo

   objFolder := objShell:Namespace( cPath )
   objFolderItem := objFolder:ParseName( cFilename )

   FOR nItem := 1 TO iMax
      cFileInfo := objFolder:GetDetailsOf( objFolderItem, nItem )
      cFileInfo := OnlySign( cFileInfo )

      cHeaderInfo := objFolder:GetDetailsOf( objFolder:Items, nItem )
      IF !EMPTY( cHeaderInfo ) .AND. !EMPTY( cFileInfo )
         AADD( aRet, { STRZERO( nItem, 3 ), TRIM( cHeaderInfo ), STRTRAN( TRIM( cFileInfo ), "?", "" ) } )
      ENDIF
   NEXT

   objFolderItem := NIL
   objFolder := NIL
   objShell := NIL

RETURN ACLONE( aRet )

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

when you talk about Task Manager : right click on Header to "add" Company Name

I already have the column Author but it is empty for desktop programs (it is not empty for apps). I repeat: it was not empty few months ago. Something in Windows 11 is changed.

[Jimmy]

hi Enrico,

i can not reproduce what you say as it work for me


if you did not get "Company Name" than show use your *.RC please

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I already post it:

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VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
{
 BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
 {
  BLOCK "040904E4"
  {
   VALUE "CompanyName", "EMAG Software\0"
  }
 }
}

Anyway, the problem is not mine, it is Windows 11 after a recent update (few months ago). Even OneDrive.exe and SecurityHealthSystray.exe don't show the Author's name (should be Microsoft Corporation). Cortana and Skype (as an example) show it. So, the apps show the Author's name, the desktop programs don't show it.

[Jimmy]

hi Enrico,

I already post it:

i have hope that you have "more" while it is incomplete

as Antonio say look into c:\fwh\samples\filever.rc

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I already tried it. CompanyName is not displayed in the properties. It seems a Windows bug, nothing that we can fix.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

It seems that the author name is now the field Publisher that is in the apps manifest but not in the desktop programs manifest. That's why we don't see it anymore.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Some news. With this VERSIONINFO:

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VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
{
 BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
 {
  BLOCK "040904E4"
  {
   VALUE "CompanyName", "EMAG Software\0"
  }
 }
 BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
 {
  VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 0x4B0
 }
}

I can see the CompanyName hovering the mouse over the EXE. So far so good. I even saw the CompanyName in the startup tab of Task Manager but only once, then it disappeared again.

[karinha]

VERSION.RC

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1 VERSIONINFO LOADONCALL MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE IMPURE
FILEVERSION 1, 0, 2, 0
PRODUCTVERSION 1, 0, 2, 0
FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_APP
{
 BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
 {
  BLOCK "080904E4"
  {
   VALUE "CompanyName", "Contato Sistemas\000"
   VALUE "FileDescription", "PlenoWin  -  Cesta Básica\000"
   VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0\000"
   VALUE "InternalName", "PlenoWin.exe\000"
   VALUE "LegalCopyright", "\251Contato Sistemas e Proc. Ltda\000"
   VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\256Contato Sistemas e Proc. Ltda\000"
   VALUE "OriginalFilename", "GERAPNFE.EXE\000"
   VALUE "ProductName", "PlenoWin\000"
   VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.66\000"
   VALUE "Comments", "by Joao Santos - 2014\000"
  }

 }

 BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
 {
  VALUE "Translation", 2057, 1252
 }

}
 

Regards, saludos.

[karinha]

VERSION2.RC

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1 VERSIONINFO LOADONCALL MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE IMPURE
FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0
FILEFLAGSMASK 0x0
FILEFLAGS 0x0
FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_APP
FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
{
 BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
 {
  BLOCK "040904E4"
  {
   VALUE "Comments",    "Sistema Desenvolvido Pela Empresa TAL - www.empresatal.com.br \0"
   VALUE "CompanyName",   "Sistema Desenvolvido Pela Empresa TAL - www.empresatal.com.br \0"
   VALUE "FileDescription", "NOME DO SISTEMA\0"
   VALUE "FileVersion",   "1.0000\0"
   VALUE "InternalName",  "Projeto TAL\0"
   VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Sygecom Informática Ltda\0"
   VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "NOME SISTEMA / SYGECOM\0"
   VALUE "OriginalFilename", "NOME_EXE.EXE\0"
   VALUE "ProductName",   "NOME DO SISTEMA\0"
   VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0000\0"
  }
 }
 BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
 {
  VALUE "Translation", 0x416, 0x4B0
 }
}
 

Regards, saludos.

[karinha]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61688053/is-it-possible-to-have-a-different-application-name-for-32-bit-v-64-bit-with-mfc

https://fivetechsupport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41940

Regards, saludos.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

VERSION2.RC

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1 VERSIONINFO LOADONCALL MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE IMPURE
FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0
FILEFLAGSMASK 0x0
FILEFLAGS 0x0
FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_APP
FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
{
 BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
 {
  BLOCK "040904E4"
  {
   VALUE "Comments",    "Sistema Desenvolvido Pela Empresa TAL - http://www.empresatal.com.br \0"
   VALUE "CompanyName",   "Sistema Desenvolvido Pela Empresa TAL - http://www.empresatal.com.br \0"
   VALUE "FileDescription", "NOME DO SISTEMA\0"
   VALUE "FileVersion",   "1.0000\0"
   VALUE "InternalName",  "Projeto TAL\0"
   VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Sygecom Informática Ltda\0"
   VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "NOME SISTEMA / SYGECOM\0"
   VALUE "OriginalFilename", "NOME_EXE.EXE\0"
   VALUE "ProductName",   "NOME DO SISTEMA\0"
   VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0000\0"
  }
 }
 BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
 {
  VALUE "Translation", 0x416, 0x4B0
 }
}
 

Regards, saludos.

Tried: no change.

[karinha]

The fact of not showing the Company Name does not mean that Windows does not "see" the data. The important thing is that the anti-virus does not block your program. It might just be a temporary bug in Windows 11.

El hecho de no mostrar el Nombre de la Empresa no significa que Windows no "vea" los datos. Lo importante es que el antivirus no bloquee tu programa. Puede que solo sea un error temporal en Windows 11.

Regards, saludos.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Yes, I agree, thank you.

[Jimmy]

hi Enrico,

Tried: no change.

please try working *.RC from Fivewin Sample

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// RESOURCE SCRIPT generated by "Pelles C for Windows, version 2.90".
LANGUAGE LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0
FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3F
FILEFLAGS 0x0
FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_APP
FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
BEGIN
  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
  BEGIN
    BLOCK "040904B0"
    BEGIN
      VALUE "Comments", "This is a test to manage FileVersion resource\0"
      VALUE "CompanyName", "FiveTech Software\0"
      VALUE "FileDescription", "FileVer.prg demo\0"
      VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0.0.0\0"
      VALUE "InternalName", "FileVer.prg / FileVer.rc\0"
      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "www.fivetechsoft.com\0"
      VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "FiveTech Software S.L.\0"
      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "FileVer.prg\0"
      VALUE "ProductName", "FileVer.prg demo\0"
      VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0.0.0\0"
    END
  END
  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
  BEGIN
    VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 0x4B0
  END
END