I have a notepad replacement editor with an annoyingly long Friendly
name. When I try to access it via the "open with" right click option
it stretches the menu half way across the display.

The only place I find this very unfriendly friendly name in the
registry is as an entry in the MUICache. If I edit it to something
shorter it "heals" itself withing a few minutes.

Does anyone have any suggestion that might help.

I've searched through the actual program with Ultra Edit but I don't
find the string in the .exe file. There's not a real installation for
the program so I can't figure out where the friendly name is coming
from.

Any ideas?

cmsix

You can override the defaults.

To register the default procedure, place the same registry keys you created
for your application's ProgID under the application's subkey of
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications . You can also include a FriendlyAppName
value to provide the system with a friendly name for your application. The
application's friendly name may also be extracted from its executable file,
but only if the FriendlyAppName value is absent. The following registry
fragment shows a sample default procedure for MyProgram.exe that defines a
friendly name and several shortcut menu items. The command strings include
the /a flag to notify the application that it is opening an arbitrary file
class. If you include a DefaultIcon subkey, you should use a generic icon.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Applications
MyProgram.exe
shell
open
FriendlyAppName= Friendly Name

MSDN Library: Extending Shortcut Menus
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ng/context.asp

© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"cmsix" <cmsix@cmsix.com> wrote in message
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>I have a notepad replacement editor with an annoyingly long Friendly name.
>When I try to access it via the "open with" right click option it stretches
>the menu half way across the display.
>
> The only place I find this very unfriendly friendly name in the registry
> is as an entry in the MUICache. If I edit it to something shorter it
> "heals" itself withing a few minutes.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestion that might help.
>
> I've searched through the actual program with Ultra Edit but I don't find
> the string in the .exe file. There's not a real installation for the
> program so I can't figure out where the friendly name is coming from.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> cmsix

I hope topposting is ok in here.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Creating a FriendlyAppName worked
perfectly and on my first try too. I really appreciate your response
and advice.

cmsix


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23GkA6Hi4FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> You can override the defaults.
>
> To register the default procedure, place the same registry keys you
> created for your application's ProgID under the application's subkey
> of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications . You can also include a
> FriendlyAppName value to provide the system with a friendly name for
> your application. The application's friendly name may also be
> extracted from its executable file, but only if the FriendlyAppName
> value is absent. The following registry fragment shows a sample
> default procedure for MyProgram.exe that defines a friendly name and
> several shortcut menu items. The command strings include the /a flag
> to notify the application that it is opening an arbitrary file
> class. If you include a DefaultIcon subkey, you should use a generic
> icon.
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
> Applications
> MyProgram.exe
> shell
> open
> FriendlyAppName= Friendly Name
>
> MSDN Library: Extending Shortcut Menus
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ng/context.asp
>
> 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "cmsix" <cmsix@cmsix.com> wrote in message
> news:%2346ynSg4FHA.2364@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I have a notepad replacement editor with an annoyingly long Friendly
>>name. When I try to access it via the "open with" right click option
>>it stretches the menu half way across the display.
>>
>> The only place I find this very unfriendly friendly name in the
>> registry is as an entry in the MUICache. If I edit it to something
>> shorter it "heals" itself withing a few minutes.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestion that might help.
>>
>> I've searched through the actual program with Ultra Edit but I
>> don't find the string in the .exe file. There's not a real
>> installation for the program so I can't figure out where the
>> friendly name is coming from.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> cmsix
>

You're welcome cmsix.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"cmsix" <cmsix@cmsix.com> wrote in message
news:uIZsQHn4FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I hope topposting is ok in here.
>
> Thank you, thank you, thank you. Creating a FriendlyAppName worked
> perfectly and on my first try too. I really appreciate your response and
> advice.
>
> cmsix
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23GkA6Hi4FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> You can override the defaults.
>>
>> To register the default procedure, place the same registry keys you
>> created for your application's ProgID under the application's subkey of
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications . You can also include a FriendlyAppName
>> value to provide the system with a friendly name for your application.
>> The application's friendly name may also be extracted from its executable
>> file, but only if the FriendlyAppName value is absent. The following
>> registry fragment shows a sample default procedure for MyProgram.exe that
>> defines a friendly name and several shortcut menu items. The command
>> strings include the /a flag to notify the application that it is opening
>> an arbitrary file class. If you include a DefaultIcon subkey, you should
>> use a generic icon.
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>> Applications
>> MyProgram.exe
>> shell
>> open
>> FriendlyAppName= Friendly Name
>>
>> MSDN Library: Extending Shortcut Menus
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ng/context.asp
>>
>> 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>>