How to change an executable's properties? (Windows)
c++, exe, executable, properties, windows
Solution
If you are using C/Win32 you can add something like this to your project encapsulated in a *.rc (resource) file:
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 0,0,0,2
PRODUCTVERSION 0,0,0,2
FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
#ifdef _DEBUG
FILEFLAGS 0x1L
#else
FILEFLAGS 0x0L
#endif
FILEOS 0x4L
FILETYPE 0x1L
FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
BLOCK "040904b0"
{
VALUE "Comments", "comment\0"
VALUE "CompanyName", "comment\0"
VALUE "FileDescription", "base file\0"
VALUE "FileVersion", "0.0.0.2 TP\0"
VALUE "InternalName", "testTP\0"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "none\0"
VALUE "OriginalFilename", "test.exe\0"
VALUE "ProductName", "test\0"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "0.0.0.2 TP\0"
}
}
BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
}
}
Problem
When I create a .exe, I can right click it and go to properties->details. Then I get a list like: ``` File Description | Type | Application File Version | Product Name | Product Version | Copyright | Size | 18.0 KB Date Modified | 6/16/2009 8:23 PM Language | ``` How do I change these properties? (And on a side note, is there a way to change the icon?)