Solved Windows 11 Edit Right-Click Open With

Is it possible to rename names of apps in Right-Click Open With?

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I want to rename audacious.exe to Audacious (Open With).

I think you can customize the name of the program in the "Open With" context menu by modifying the Windows Registry.

1. Open “Registry Editor” (regedit) as Admin by searching for it in the Start menu. Or Windows key + S & search for “regedit”
2. Navigate to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\audacious.exe
3. On the right, look for a key named "FriendlyAppName". If it doesn’t exist, create a new “String Value” and name it “FriendlyAppName”.
4. Set its “Value Data” to the desired name (e.g., "Audacious"`).
5. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer to apply the changes.

Hopefully this should update the name displayed in the "Open With" menu

antspants said:

1. Open “Registry Editor” (regedit) as Admin by searching for it in the Start menu. Or Windows key + S & search for “regedit”
2. Navigate to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\audacious.exe
3. On the right, look for a key named "FriendlyAppName". If it doesn’t exist, create a new “String Value” and name it “FriendlyAppName”.
4. Set its “Value Data” to the desired name (e.g., "Audacious"`).
5. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer to apply the changes.

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Thanks. Works without restarting computer.