What's the easiest way to rename applications in Launchpad

One of the problems with Launchpad is that it shortens long app names, like "Adobe After Effects CS 5.5" to "Adobe Aft...ects CS 5.5" which is not very useful!
I figured out one way to edit the name displayed by Launchpad, which is to use a SQL editor (I used MesaSQLlite) to edit the database that Launchpad uses
(it's located in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock)
Opening the database was unnecessarily tedious - the editor couldn't "see" the folder, so I had to navigate there in terminal, open it ("open ."), move it elsewhere (for some reason copying is not allowed), edit it, then move it back.
Editing itself is not hard (look in the table apps) and after editing I have to force reload the dock ("sudo killall Dock")
Is there an easier way to do this?

I had exactly the same thing in mind: to get rid of the truncated "Adobe Ill... CS5.5" titles in launchpad. Renaming in Applications didn't seem to work at first, but then I noticed that the actual program, e.g. Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 is nested in a folder with the same name and same icon, so at first I had mistaken the folder for the program and renamed that one.
When I finally noticed the little arrow I got into that folder, renamed the actual app, cleared out the database for the launchpad (see here: http://gnuu.org/2011/07/21/clearing-launchpad-and-other-osx-lion-tips/) and voilá!
Neat short names in Launchpad, plus I got rid of all the helpers and tools that annoyingly hung out there (except for the adobe uninstaller, which still clings on, god knows how).
Maybe you can check if you tried to rename the folder or the app inside it?

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