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   Kerr-Mudd,John to All   
   Re: how to get the title into task mange   
   19 Sep 18 18:23:38   
   
   XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: notsaying@invalid.org   
      
   On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:36:54 GMT, Herbert Kleebauer    
   wrote:   
      
   > On 19.09.2018 17:21, pyotr filipivich wrote:   
   >>   
   >>      I run batch files.  (well 'duh')   
   >>      Sometimes I'll have two or more running, but when I look at the   
   >> task bar, all I see of the "title" is "Adminis..."   
   >>   
   >>      IF I hover over the mouse, up pops the popup with the full title:   
   >> e.G.,  "Administrator: ZZ Home Agent Bat".   
   >>   
   >>      Is there a way to eliminate, remove, not display the   
   >> "administrator" part, or is that a Feature?   
   >>      It occurs to me,that if I could rename "administrator" to   
   >> something shorter (E.G., Adm, Me, ...) that would serve as a   
   >> "solution" of sorts.   
   >   
   > Use the title command within your batch to set the title to   
   > any string you like.   
   >   
      
   title "Yaar!"   
      
   (It be talk like a pirate day. HTH)   
      
      
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