Version is duplicated in name of app in list of installed apps

[rakleed]

BPO	44634
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @rakleed
Files	2021-07-14 13-49-41 Settings.png 2021-07-14 13-50-19 Programs and Features.png Apps and Features.png

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labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid', '3.9', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Version is duplicated in name of app in list of installed apps'
updated_at = <Date 2021-07-21.17:08:05.807>
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[rakleed]

The version of the app is duplicated in the name of the app in the list of installed apps in "Settings - Apps - Apps & features" and "Control Panel - Programs - Programs and Features" in the version for Windows. Please remove the version number from the app name, as the version number is displayed next to the name in a separate field.

[zooba]

Apart from the duplication, is there some reason why this is a problem?

The name is used in a number of other places where the version number is very helpful. I'm not sure we can separate the variables in WiX.

[rakleed]

This does not cause any problems in the operation of the app, but visually it looks strange. Most other apps don't indicate the version of the app in the name of the app, but just indicate it in a specially made field for this. Therefore, it would be nice if your app followed this behavior.

Perhaps these links will also be helpful: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/uninstall-registry-key, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26156405/how-to-change-add-remove-program-name-using-wix-installer

And can you tell me where the WiX config file is?

[pfmoore]

In "Apps and Features" on Windows 10, the application name is shown by default but not the version. I have 3 different versions of Python installed on my PC and if they all reported as "Python" it would be a lot harder to manage them (I'd have to click on each one to check the version before I knew which one to select)

-1 on removing the version from the application name.

[rakleed]

@paul.moore, but you don't need to open additional menus in the control panel to see the version of the app.

[pfmoore]

See the attached screenshot. Only the app name is visible by default.

I see no benefit to the change and a definite usability degradation for people like me with multiple Python versions.

[zware]

Agreed with Paul, it's more useful than confusing to have the version in the name.