Index: Core/Gui/src/Core.Gui/Forms/Backstage/AboutViewModel.cs
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diff -u -r70a6802dad61b565c91643f4cb46ccad7db53336 -r73e942de3fe048d11e3abd2fc8024b4cfeb56f29
--- Core/Gui/src/Core.Gui/Forms/Backstage/AboutViewModel.cs	(.../AboutViewModel.cs)	(revision 70a6802dad61b565c91643f4cb46ccad7db53336)
+++ Core/Gui/src/Core.Gui/Forms/Backstage/AboutViewModel.cs	(.../AboutViewModel.cs)	(revision 73e942de3fe048d11e3abd2fc8024b4cfeb56f29)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 using Core.Gui.Properties;
+using Core.Gui.Settings;
 
 namespace Core.Gui.Forms.Backstage
 {
@@ -34,14 +35,23 @@
     /// </summary>
     public class AboutViewModel : IBackstagePageViewModel
     {
+        private readonly GuiCoreSettings settings;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="AboutViewModel"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="applicationName">The application name.</param>
+        /// <param name="settings">The application settings.</param>
         /// <param name="version">The application version.</param>
-        public AboutViewModel(string applicationName, string version)
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when <paramref name="settings"/> is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        public AboutViewModel(GuiCoreSettings settings, string version)
         {
-            ApplicationName = applicationName;
+            if (settings == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(settings));
+            }
+
+            this.settings = settings;
+
             Version = version;
 
             WindowsEdition = (string) GetManagementObjectProperty("Win32_OperatingSystem", "Caption")
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the application name.
         /// </summary>
-        public string ApplicationName { get; }
+        public string ApplicationName => settings.ApplicationName;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the application version.
Index: Core/Gui/test/Core.Gui.Test/Forms/Backstage/AboutViewModelTest.cs
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diff -u -r51a9721e725b26c1cd23d0cd54dc384aa8bbb927 -r73e942de3fe048d11e3abd2fc8024b4cfeb56f29
--- Core/Gui/test/Core.Gui.Test/Forms/Backstage/AboutViewModelTest.cs	(.../AboutViewModelTest.cs)	(revision 51a9721e725b26c1cd23d0cd54dc384aa8bbb927)
+++ Core/Gui/test/Core.Gui.Test/Forms/Backstage/AboutViewModelTest.cs	(.../AboutViewModelTest.cs)	(revision 73e942de3fe048d11e3abd2fc8024b4cfeb56f29)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 using System.Management;
 using System.Windows;
 using Core.Gui.Forms.Backstage;
+using Core.Gui.Settings;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace Core.Gui.Test.Forms.Backstage
@@ -33,18 +34,33 @@
     public class AboutViewModelTest
     {
         [Test]
+        public void Constructor_SettingsNull_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
+        {
+            // Call
+            void Call() => new AboutViewModel(null, string.Empty);
+
+            // Assert
+            var exception = Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(Call);
+            Assert.AreEqual("settings", exception.ParamName);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
         public void Constructor_ExpectedValues()
         {
             // Setup
-            const string applicationName = "Test application";
+            var settings = new GuiCoreSettings
+            {
+                ApplicationName = "Test application"
+            };
+
             const string version = "1.0";
 
             // Call
-            var viewModel = new AboutViewModel(applicationName, version);
+            var viewModel = new AboutViewModel(settings, version);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.IsInstanceOf<IBackstagePageViewModel>(viewModel);
-            Assert.AreEqual(applicationName, viewModel.ApplicationName);
+            Assert.AreEqual(settings.ApplicationName, viewModel.ApplicationName);
             Assert.AreEqual(version, viewModel.Version);
 
             ManagementObject processorManagementObject =