diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/ChangeLog b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/ChangeLog
index 16ef54a1a7b..13dbf86c706 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/ChangeLog
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-12-06 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	The last character is missing in the launch configuration name generated 
+	from the binary file name.
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
+
 2004-11-17 David Inglis
 
 	Change to use IBinaryObject instead of IBinayExecutable
diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
index 662d6a1cce0..1c10d922e79 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ public class CMainTab extends CLaunchConfigurationTab {
 			String name = binary.getElementName();
 			int index = name.lastIndexOf('.');
 			if (index > 0) {
-				name = name.substring(0, index - 1);
+				name = name.substring(0, index);
 			}
 			name = getLaunchConfigurationDialog().generateName(name);
 			config.rename(name);