Tweak Library – Change the description of “.COM” files in Windows Explorer.

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Change the description of “.COM” files in Windows Explorer.

This tweak is used to change the description of “.COM” files in Windows Explorer when you click on the Details in View menu.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

COM is used for making software components, which can interact. They are independent of the platform they are working on.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the data of “Default” String value to the desired description of your choice (for eg. "This is MS-DOS application").

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Change the description of Com File.reg

The '.reg' file can change the description of “.COM” files in Windows Explorer.

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Default description of Com File.reg

The '.reg' file shows the default decription for “.COM” files in Windows Explorer.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\comfile\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Desired description

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Description for ‘.com’ files is changed.

Default description for ‘.com’ files is visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\comfile\], in the open area right-click on "(Default)" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the description that you wish to show (for eg. "This is MS-DOS Application") in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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