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Is there any way to configure the Windows start menu name for a CMP app? For Mac OS there's the `dockName` that can be set, but what about Windows and Linux?

```compose.desktop {
    application {
        nativeDistributions {
            packageName = appName
            ...
        }
    ...
}```
should do it, no?

:sweat_smile: Honestly didn't think that would be it. I though that field has to be set to a package name like `<http://com.example.app|com.example.app>`. Thanks!

<@U04H34VPCJZ> tried this and it works. But I now see why I didn't use it before: it also changes the installation directory. My app is simply called "Notes", but installing in a direction called `Program Files/Notes` is too risky. I'd rather set a separate name there, but that's only possible on Mac OS with that `dockName` :white_frowning_face: I guess I should create a feature request for this

`-Xdock:name` is a JVM feature. If there’s no such feature for Windows/Linux, I don’t think we’ll be able to do it.

Ah, interesting. But everything in the installer should be under JB's control, right? So if `packageName` were to split into `packageName &amp; appName`  the first one should be only used for the install location, the second for the shortcut name. The window title itself I can set in code.

We use `jpackage` to create the installers. We can only do what it can do.

There is `--win-menu-group`, maybe that can help

I don't have other shortcuts, so I don't need a group :slightly_smiling_face: I do see this one: `--install-dir` . That seems to be what I'm looking for: _"[..] or relative sub-path of the installation directory such as "Program Files" or "AppData" (on Windows)"_

Maybe you could run the gradle task `createReleaseDistributable` and then use `jpackage` yourself on that.

That way you can set any jpackage flags yourself.