[RESOLVED] Change VB6 Exe name

Hi

I have a VB6 project which I changed the name of, I have also reflected this new name in the project properties. However when I go to the file menu, the Make xxxx.exe still refers to the old exe name, how do I change the exe name ?

Thanks

it will be the name of your project, but you could just rename it when you choose a location :-/

If not change the name of your project

Just click the make XXXXX.exe and when it opens the window to put it somewhere, change the name from XXXXXX.exe to whatever and it will stay thay way from then on. I find it happens once and a while on my renaming of projects.

Once you made the changes, did you save the whole thing under its new name?

By default VB will assign the same name for the Exe as the project name. However once you have built an EXE VB will keep that name. The easiest solution is to do what neicedover1982 just suggested, however you can also open the *.vbp file in Notepad and make the change there. In this file you will find a line that looks like this:

Code:

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ExeName32="TheName.exe"

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Just change that line, save the changes and reopen the project in VB.

Thanks Guys, that's done the trick

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