C# - how do I change the text displayed along with the icon in the taskbar button?

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I want to change the title of the winform application on taskbar without changing the title on the title bar of the application.

That is I need to change the text on taskbar without changing the text property of the form.

What I have tried:

I tried the

C#

Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.Taskbar.OverlayImage.Text = "Title"

But this doesnt work.

Posted 14-Oct-16 6:47am

PenguinFreek1998

Updated 15-May-20 2:46am

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Ravi Bhavnani 14-Oct-16 13:42pm

May I ask why you want the text to be different?

/ravi

PenguinFreek1998 15-Oct-16 8:36am

@Ravi Bhavani
Currently I dont have any text on the taskbar button.

Karthik_Mahalingam 18-Oct-16 5:02am

Always use Reply button, to post Comments/query to the user, so that the user gets notified and responds to your text.

PenguinFreek1998 28-Oct-16 12:31pm

Thanks

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Wessel Beulink · Answer 1 · 2016-11-04T05:44:00

Solution 1

C#

Form1 f1 = new Form1();
      f1.Text = "Running Form";

Thats all ?

Posted 4-Nov-16 5:44am

Wessel Beulink