diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.cpp
index d077fbe211..f01e642770 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.cpp
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ namespace AzQtComponents
     }
     */
 
-     class ToolsApplication::Impl
+     class AzQtApplication::Impl
          : private AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler
-         , public AzFramework::Application
+         //, public AzFramework::Application
     {
-         friend class ToolsApplication;
+         friend class AzQtApplication;
 
     public:
-         Impl(ToolsApplication* app) : m_app(app)
+         Impl(AzQtApplication* app) : m_app(app)
          {
              
          }
-         ToolsApplication* m_app;
+         AzQtApplication* m_app;
 
          bool OnOutput(const char* window, const char* message) override;         
 
@@ -53,14 +53,18 @@ namespace AzQtComponents
 
     };
 
-    ToolsApplication::ToolsApplication(int& argc, char** argv)
+    AzQtApplication::AzQtApplication(int& argc, char** argv)
         : QApplication(argc, argv)
         , m_impl(new Impl(this))
     {
-         /*
-         QApplication::setOrganizationName("Amazon");
-         QApplication::setOrganizationDomain("amazon.com");
-         QApplication::setApplicationName("O3DEToolsApplication");
+         
+         // Use a common Qt settings path for applications that don't register their own application name
+         if (QApplication::applicationName().isEmpty())
+         {
+            QApplication::setOrganizationName("Amazon");
+            QApplication::setOrganizationDomain("amazon.com");
+            QApplication::setApplicationName("O3DEToolsApplication");
+         }
 
          AzQtComponents::PrepareQtPaths();
 
@@ -74,19 +78,19 @@ namespace AzQtComponents
          QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings);
          QGuiApplication::setHighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy(Qt::HighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy::PassThrough);
          AzQtComponents::Utilities::HandleDpiAwareness(AzQtComponents::Utilities::SystemDpiAware);
-         */
+         
 
-         //m_impl->AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusConnect();
+         m_impl->AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusConnect();
 
     }
 
-    ToolsApplication::~ToolsApplication()
+    AzQtApplication::~AzQtApplication()
     {
-        //m_impl->AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
+        m_impl->AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
     }
 
     
-    bool ToolsApplication::Impl::OnOutput(const char* window, const char* message)
+    bool AzQtApplication::Impl::OnOutput(const char* window, const char* message)
     {
         // Suppress spam from the Source Control system
         constexpr char sourceControlWindow[] = "Source Control";
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.h b/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.h
index a25507a14e..40ea888887 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.h
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.h
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
 
 namespace AzQtComponents
 {
-    class AZ_QT_COMPONENTS_API ToolsApplication
+    class AZ_QT_COMPONENTS_API AzQtApplication
         : public QApplication
     {
     public:       
-        ToolsApplication(int& argc, char** argv);
-        ~ToolsApplication();
+        AzQtApplication(int& argc, char** argv);
+        ~AzQtApplication();
         
     private:
         AZ_PUSH_DISABLE_DLL_EXPORT_MEMBER_WARNING
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.cpp
index 73bede14a5..cd9f2c9cfd 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ namespace MaterialEditor
 
     MaterialEditorApplication::MaterialEditorApplication(int* argc, char*** argv)
         : Application(argc, argv)
-        , ToolsApplication(*argc, *argv)
+        , AzQtApplication(*argc, *argv)
     {
-        AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusConnect();
+        //AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusConnect();
 
         AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::MergeSettingsToRegistry_AddBuildSystemTargetSpecialization(
             *AZ::SettingsRegistry::Get(), GetBuildTargetName());
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace MaterialEditor
 
     MaterialEditorApplication::~MaterialEditorApplication()
     {
-        AzToolsFramework::EditorPythonConsoleNotificationBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
+        //AzToolsFramework::EditorPythonConsoleNotificationBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
         AzToolsFramework::AssetDatabase::AssetDatabaseRequestsBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
         MaterialEditorWindowNotificationBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
         AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler::BusDisconnect();
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.h b/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.h
index b7b3e13cca..8b674b154e 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/MaterialEditorApplication.h
@@ -32,14 +32,13 @@ namespace MaterialEditor
 
     class MaterialEditorApplication
         : public AzFramework::Application
-        //, public QApplication
+        , public AzQtComponents::AzQtApplication
         , private AzToolsFramework::AssetDatabase::AssetDatabaseRequestsBus::Handler
         , private MaterialEditorWindowNotificationBus::Handler
         , private AzFramework::AssetSystemStatusBus::Handler
         , private AZ::UserSettingsOwnerRequestBus::Handler
         , private AZ::Debug::TraceMessageBus::Handler
         , private AzToolsFramework::EditorPythonConsoleNotificationBus::Handler
-        , public AzQtComponents::ToolsApplication
     {
     public:
         AZ_TYPE_INFO(MaterialEditor::MaterialEditorApplication, "{30F90CA5-1253-49B5-8143-19CEE37E22BB}");
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.cpp
index 770dd67116..538d351237 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace ShaderManagementConsole
 
     ShaderManagementConsoleApplication::ShaderManagementConsoleApplication(int* argc, char*** argv)
         : Application(argc, argv)
-        , QApplication(*argc, *argv)
+        , AzQtApplication(*argc, *argv)
     {
         // The settings registry has been created at this point, so add the CMake target
         AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::MergeSettingsToRegistry_AddBuildSystemTargetSpecialization(
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.h b/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.h
index 4ac0549076..fe66292b8d 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Tools/ShaderManagementConsole/Code/Source/ShaderManagementConsoleApplication.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <Atom/Document/ShaderManagementConsoleDocumentSystemRequestBus.h>
 #include <Atom/Window/ShaderManagementConsoleWindowNotificationBus.h>
 
+#include <AzQtComponents/Application/ToolsApplication.h>
+
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTimer>
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ namespace ShaderManagementConsole
 {
     class ShaderManagementConsoleApplication
         : public AzFramework::Application
-        , public QApplication
+        , public AzQtComponents::AzQtApplication
         , private AzToolsFramework::AssetDatabase::AssetDatabaseRequestsBus::Handler
         , private ShaderManagementConsoleWindowNotificationBus::Handler
         , private AzFramework::AssetSystemStatusBus::Handler