change company name in Visual Studio

[Matt F]

When I first installed VS, there was a different company name than there is
now and now I need to change the default company. I'm talking about the
default company name that exists in the copyright info when you create a new
assembly.

Changing the company name on the MSDN subscription is pretty simple - just
call MS --- but

How do I change the default company in VS?

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

How do I change the default company in VS?

I've never tried changing it, but its stored in the Registry under

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version>\Registration


Mattias

 

[Matt F]

The username and product key are stored there, but the company name isn't.

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Matt,

Please see following MSDN library documentation:

#Template Parameters
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/eehb4faa(VS.80).aspx

For the CompanyName in AssemblyInfo, it's $registeredorganization$ which
uses value from registry key value from HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOrganization.

Hope this helps.


Sincerely,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
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[Matt F]

There is no RegisteredOrganization key --- I've searched not only the path
specified, but the entire registry.

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Matt,

Which os are you using? Please see if this document helps:

#Change the Registered Owner and Organization at Registry Guide for Windows
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/32/


If the key doesn't exist already, please create it and try again.

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[Matt F]

I went back and looked for the RegisteredOrganization key again and found
it. I apparently was looking for a folder called RegisteredOrganization
under Current Version before. It's working exactly as I need it to now --
thank you, and I'm sorry for the confusion.

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for update and I'm glad the suggestion helped.

Have a nice day!


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