Fonts, Internal Font Name Problems

I have a typeface with multiple weights, lets say 30. However, in the operating system, these are all grouped together under five weights, so that multiple weights are covered by the same generic name (e.g., regular, bold, bold italic). Therefore, when I try to use the typeface in an application, only the five weights are available for use. For instance, the display weight and regular weight are both covered by the style name "Regular"; I can only have available for use the weight that happens to be listed first under the style name.
Apparently, the type designer did not correctly assign the internal names to the different weights (even though the opentype file name correctly lists the weight). I need to somehow change the internal file name of each weight (this is sometimes labelled as the "mac name," I think) so that all the weights are available for use. The problem is, I don't know how to change the internal names so that they adequately describe each weight. Does anybody know how to do this?
Thanks.

Sorry, they are 30 separate OpenType fonts of the same family.
Are these part of the Adobe Font Folio? If so, what set is it? I can look at mine here and see if it behaves the same way. Also, what application are you using where you see the issue?
I have downloaded fontforge to see if I could change the internal names, but am not really sure how to go about it.
Assuming the names were indeed built incorrectly, a font editor is what you need. I use FontLab Studio, so I'm not sure how to go about it in FontForge.

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