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Use productName for FileDescription on Windows #965

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FileDescription is used when right-clicking on a program in the task bar for example:

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So I believe we should be displaying appInfo.productName there, as appInfo.description is more like a one-sentence description of your app, which could be used in an About dialog.

Edge, Internet Explorer, etc. use the same value for ProductName and FileDescription:

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My app was displaying the wrong string in some places:

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develar commented Dec 2, 2016

Thanks a lot. Closes #783.

@develar develar merged commit 3b6af52 into electron-userland:master Dec 2, 2016
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