diff --git a/cmake/templates/VersionInfo.rc.in b/cmake/templates/VersionInfo.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad192ed87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/templates/VersionInfo.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Language and character set information as described at
+// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381049(v=vs.85).aspx
+#define US_ENGLISH_UNICODE "040904B0"
+
+// More information about the format of this file can be found at
+// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).aspx
+1 VERSIONINFO
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK US_ENGLISH_UNICODE
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName",      "@BUILD_ORGANIZATION@"
+            VALUE "FileDescription",  "@APP_FULL_NAME@"
+            VALUE "FileVersion",      "@BUILD_VERSION@"
+            VALUE "InternalName",     "@TARGET_NAME@"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "@TARGET_NAME@.exe"
+            VALUE "ProductName",      "@APP_FULL_NAME@"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",   "@BUILD_VERSION@"
+        END
+    END
+END
diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index b43376c374..131c4ee509 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@ elseif (WIN32)
   set(CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Icon.rc")
   configure_file("${HF_CMAKE_DIR}/templates/Icon.rc.in" ${CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT})
 
+  set(APP_FULL_NAME "High Fidelity Interface")
+  set(CONFIGURE_VERSION_INFO_RC_OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/VersionInfo.rc")
+  configure_file("${HF_CMAKE_DIR}/templates/VersionInfo.rc.in" ${CONFIGURE_VERSION_INFO_RC_OUTPUT})
+
   # add an executable that also has the icon itself and the configured rc file as resources
-  add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} WIN32 ${INTERFACE_SRCS} ${QM} ${CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT})
+  add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} WIN32 ${INTERFACE_SRCS} ${QM} ${CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT} ${CONFIGURE_VERSION_INFO_RC_OUTPUT})
 
   if (NOT DEV_BUILD)
     add_custom_command(
diff --git a/server-console/packager.js b/server-console/packager.js
index bc3b8989d2..89bcd7cb71 100644
--- a/server-console/packager.js
+++ b/server-console/packager.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (osType == "Darwin") {
 } else if (osType == "Windows_NT") {
     options["version-string"] = {
         CompanyName: "High Fidelity, Inc.",
-        FileDescription: SHORT_NAME,
+        FileDescription: FULL_NAME,
         ProductName: FULL_NAME,
         OriginalFilename: EXEC_NAME + ".exe"
     }