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From: Marcus on 21 May 2010 04:31 I want to set the Description of my .exe file (it is a .NET assembly). You know that description that is seen in Windows Task Manager process tab. Almost every running process has got one. They can be a whole sentence explaining what the process is about. I need a way of setting this description of my .exe without any GUI. I need it to be set from a command line tool or something alike. Is there a tool like that? Maybe something built into Windows?
From: Mint on 21 May 2010 11:35 On May 21, 3:31 am, Marcus <marcussilf...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I want to set the Description of my .exe file (it is a .NET > assembly). > You know that description that is seen in Windows Task Manager process > tab. Almost every running process has got one. They can be a whole > sentence explaining what the process is about. > > I need a way of setting this description of my .exe without any GUI. I > need it to be set from a command line tool or something alike. > > Is there a tool like that? Maybe something built into Windows? That information is stored in the executable. For example in assembly language, a resource file like this is used. Your programming language should have something similar. #define APP_VERSION_INFO 1 // {{ define at the top your .RC file }} // example version resource APP_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION 1,1,0,0 PRODUCTVERSION 1,1,0,0 FILEFLAGSMASK 0x17L FILEFLAGS 0x0L FILEOS 0x4L FILETYPE 0x1L FILESUBTYPE 0x0L { BLOCK "StringFileInfo" { BLOCK "040904b0" { VALUE "CompanyName", "Siege_Works" VALUE "FileDescription", "Delete Windows XP Temporary Directories" VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0" VALUE "InternalName", "Del_Tmp_Dirs" VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© Quality Home Repairs" VALUE "OriginalFilename", "Del_Tmp_Dirs.exe.exe" } } BLOCK "VarFileInfo" { VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 } }
From: Marcus on 24 May 2010 04:18
On 21 Maj, 17:35, Mint <chocolatemint77...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On May 21, 3:31 am, Marcus <marcussilf...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I want to set the Description of my .exe file (it is a .NET > > assembly). > > You know that description that is seen in Windows Task Manager process > > tab. Almost every running process has got one. They can be a whole > > sentence explaining what the process is about. > > > I need a way of setting this description of my .exe without any GUI. I > > need it to be set from a command line tool or something alike. > > > Is there a tool like that? Maybe something built into Windows? > > That information is stored in the executable. > > For example in assembly language, a resource file like this is used. > Your programming language should have something similar. > > #define APP_VERSION_INFO 1 // {{ define at the top your .RC > file }} > > // example version resource > APP_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO > FILEVERSION 1,1,0,0 > PRODUCTVERSION 1,1,0,0 > FILEFLAGSMASK 0x17L > FILEFLAGS 0x0L > FILEOS 0x4L > FILETYPE 0x1L > FILESUBTYPE 0x0L > { > BLOCK "StringFileInfo" > { > BLOCK "040904b0" > { > VALUE "CompanyName", "Siege_Works" > VALUE "FileDescription", "Delete Windows XP Temporary > Directories" > VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0" > VALUE "InternalName", "Del_Tmp_Dirs" > VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© Quality Home Repairs" > VALUE "OriginalFilename", "Del_Tmp_Dirs.exe.exe" > } > } > BLOCK "VarFileInfo" > { > VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 > } > > > > }- Dölj citerad text - > > - Visa citerad text - Yes, there is such a file it is called AssemblyInfo.cs. I can set the description in this file before I build the exe file. I need however some way of inject this info into the exe file without the need to rebuild the exe |