Change application name from default, via parameter -ApplicationName

[pcgeek86]

On Windows 10, the notification toast has the application name showing as Windows PowerShell. Would it be possible to change the application name from "Windows PowerShell" to something else? Does the underlying API allow for this?

[Windos]

Yeah, it's possible but it's a whole thing. Basically it requires a shortcut in the start menu with an embedded AppId (full name for searching is AppUserModelId).

You can use Get-StartApps to see what's available on your system.

I've done some work trying to make custom AppId's more available to people:

https://king.geek.nz/2018/02/04/burnttoast-appid-installer/

https://king.geek.nz/2018/03/03/burnttoast-wix/

An alternative may be attribution, it'll still show PowerShell but you can put some text next to it.

https://king.geek.nz/2018/10/05/crouton-9-attribution/

... I'm on phone, please forgive typos or bad markdown

[Windos]

Note in that gif, it shows BurntToast instead of PowerShell because I'm using my custom AppId.

[pcgeek86]

Oh yikes, that does sound involved, but a wrapper may be helpful to package up "fake" AppIds that can be used for this purpose. Appx management is thankfully straightforward with PowerShell.

Maybe use a dynamic parameter to detect Windows, and make the option only available on that platform?

[TylerLeonhardt]

Maybe use a dynamic parameter to detect Windows, and make the option only available on that platform?

The consistency-obsessed guy in me is scared of this tbh... but the customer-obsessed guy in me hears you

[pcgeek86]

@TylerLeonhardt I'm not a big fan of dynamic parameters either, due to the well-known discoverability issues, but this scenario seems like the right fit for them. Maybe just make it a regular parameter and ignore it for non-Windows platforms?

[Windos]

Note it clearly in the help (certainly), and maybe warn (or verbose) a message about it being unsupported if used on mac/linux?

Just need to get the mechanism for bringing that through to the OS reliably. Honestly if we can solve it here, it'll be a huge boon for BurntToast too.