How Do You Rename A Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Application?
In the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio, it is a manual operation to change the name of a Windows Presentation Foundation ( WPF ) Application. At first glance, it appears that all you need to do is rename it by right-clicking on the XAML file in Visual Studio and selecting Rename. After you enter a new name and press enter, the .XAML file and the associated code behind .vb files are saved with a new name. However, you will find that when you try to run your application, it will crash. Open Microsoft Visual Studio and start a new standard Windows Presentation Foundation application. By default the main window has a boring name of “Window1”. Right-click on Window1.xaml and choose Rename from the context menu. Type a more meaningful name such as MyKillerApp and press enter. Notice the Window1.xaml and Window1.xaml.vb are renamed to MyKillerApp.xaml and MyKillerApp.xaml.vb. Double click the Application.xaml file. The StartupUri is still pointing to Window1.xaml. Change it to MyKi
