Unable to get `FileVersionInfo` data from exe

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp

Research direction

Start with the FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo call and reproduce the behavior using TeamViewerQS_x64.exe on Windows 10 or 11. Compare the fields returned by the API with those shown in Windows Explorer, including the possibility of string encoding in the NSIS executable. Done means ProductName and LegalCopyright are returned while the existing version integers remain correct.

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Description

area-System.Diagnostics tracking-external-issue
Description

When looking at the System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo output for the TeamViewer Quicksupport executable, I get all empty strings for fields like ProductName and LegalCopyright, while they do in fact exist, according to Windows Explorer:

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Reproduction Steps

This code will get a path to TeamViewerQS_x64.exe (see description above for download link), and print to console some of the properties from the file version info.

// Get path to downloads folder and TeamViewerQS_x64.exe
var userPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
var downloadsPath = Path.Combine(userPath, "Downloads");
var exePath = Path.Combine(downloadsPath, "TeamViewerQS_x64.exe");

// Get file version info and print to console
var fvi = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(exePath);
Console.WriteLine($"version major = {fvi.ProductMajorPart}");
Console.WriteLine($"version minor = {fvi.ProductMinorPart}");
Console.WriteLine($"product name = \"{fvi.ProductName}\"");
Console.WriteLine($"copyright = \"{fvi.LegalCopyright}\"");
Expected behavior

The expected output of the example code above should be (according to Windows Explorer):

version major = 15
version minor = 60
product name = "TeamViewer QS"
copyright = "TeamViewer"
Actual behavior

The actual output of the example code is:

version major = 15
version minor = 60
product name = ""
copyright = ""

Interesting to note is the version integers are correct.

Regression?

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Known Workarounds

No response

Configuration

I tried this on Windows 11, both .Net 8.0.400 and .Net 9.0.100. It also happens on Windows 10.

Other information

Considering the version integers are correct, perhaps this is some kind of string encoding issue? It appears that the TeamViewer QuickSupport exe is a compiled NSIS program, which may be relevant in helping to narrow this down.

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