UAC Window application name

Question

I have a application that uses Wix for its installer. I'd like to understand where the UAC window takes its app name from, I am having an old name where the UAC window appears does not correspond with current productname defined in Wix.

Answer 1

Digital Signature: It looks like your MSI is signed with a code-signing certificate?

"If you Authenticode-sign your .msi package, Windows will show that as the name. Otherwise, you get MSI's temporary copy of it, which has a random name." - source.

Signtool.exe: You need to modify your signtool.exe parameters: Odd 'Program name' when installing signed msi installer

Some old answers with comments discussing signtool.exe parameters:

• What is causing to show Publisher to unknown on UAC despite signing exe using signtool
• Windows Installer Unknown Publisher

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Links on Digital Signing:

• Installshield Custom Dialogue Installer
• How to add publisher in Installshield 2018