Way to make comments in folders?

[Pete]

I know how to add comments to a file listing--is there a
way to add comments to a folder? I have many folders for
my photography files and would like to be able to add a
comment rather than renaming the folder. Is this possible?

Thank you....

 

[Ron Sommer]

Use Notepad to put a comments file in the folder.

 

[Keith Miller]

You can add comments to a folder that will be viewed a balloon tip when the mouse cursor hovers over
them but not that will show in the comments column of a detailed explorer view (like control panel
does....wish I knew how that worked!!!)

The comments are stored in a desktop.ini file in the folder. The folder needs to have it's
read-only attribute set so the OS will know to parse the desktop.ini file (this will not affect
reading & writing to the folder). The easiest way to create a desktop.ini file and set the folder
attribute is to use the 'Customize' tab in the folder properties dialog to assign a custom icon.
Once you have done this, double-click the desktop.ini file to open it for editing (you will need to
have explorer set to both "Show Hidden files" and NOT "Hide protected OS files"). The file will
look like this:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=12

Add a line similar to the following:

InfoTip=Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

After saving the edited file, your folder will now have a custom balloon tip. You can restore the
default icon by deleting the 'IconFile' and 'IconIndex' lines; your comment will be retained.

Keith

 

[Toby]

Is there a way to edit the balloon information for individual files in
a folder ? I know there are programs that allow information to be
attached to a file or folder but the "mouseover" idea appeals to me.

Toby

You can add comments to a folder that will be viewed a balloon tip when the mouse cursor hovers over
them but not that will show in the comments column of a detailed explorer view (like control panel
does....wish I knew how that worked!!!)

The comments are stored in a desktop.ini file in the folder. The folder needs to have it's
read-only attribute set so the OS will know to parse the desktop.ini file (this will not affect
reading & writing to the folder). The easiest way to create a desktop.ini file and set the folder
attribute is to use the 'Customize' tab in the folder properties dialog to assign a custom icon.
Once you have done this, double-click the desktop.ini file to open it for editing (you will need to
have explorer set to both "Show Hidden files" and NOT "Hide protected OS files"). The file will
look like this:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=12

Add a line similar to the following:

InfoTip=Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

After saving the edited file, your folder will now have a custom balloon tip. You can restore the
default icon by deleting the 'IconFile' and 'IconIndex' lines; your comment will be retained.

Keith

I know how to add comments to a file listing--is there a
way to add comments to a folder? I have many folders for
my photography files and would like to be able to add a
comment rather than renaming the folder. Is this possible?

Thank you....

 

[Keith Miller]

If the file properties dialog has a 'summary' tab, the comments should be included with the balloon
tip info. If not, check your values here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*

Check the data for 'InfoTip', it should be:

prop:Type;DocAuthor;DocTitle;DocSubject;DocComments;Write;Size

Keith

Is there a way to edit the balloon information for individual files in
a folder ? I know there are programs that allow information to be
attached to a file or folder but the "mouseover" idea appeals to me.

Toby

You can add comments to a folder that will be viewed a balloon tip when the mouse cursor hovers over
them but not that will show in the comments column of a detailed explorer view (like control panel
does....wish I knew how that worked!!!)

The comments are stored in a desktop.ini file in the folder. The folder needs to have it's
read-only attribute set so the OS will know to parse the desktop.ini file (this will not affect
reading & writing to the folder). The easiest way to create a desktop.ini file and set the folder
attribute is to use the 'Customize' tab in the folder properties dialog to assign a custom icon.
Once you have done this, double-click the desktop.ini file to open it for editing (you will need to
have explorer set to both "Show Hidden files" and NOT "Hide protected OS files"). The file will
look like this:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=12

Add a line similar to the following:

InfoTip=Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

After saving the edited file, your folder will now have a custom balloon tip. You can restore the
default icon by deleting the 'IconFile' and 'IconIndex' lines; your comment will be retained.

Keith

I know how to add comments to a file listing--is there a
way to add comments to a folder? I have many folders for
my photography files and would like to be able to add a
comment rather than renaming the folder. Is this possible?

Thank you....

 

[pehrsvensson]

-----Original Message-----
I know how to add comments to a file listing--is there a
way to add comments to a folder? I have many folders for
my photography files and would like to be able to add a
comment rather than renaming the folder. Is this possible?

Thank you....
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previus XP-set up. Help.please

 

[rifleman]

previus XP-set up. Help.please

Eh?

 

[Kelly]

Seems for now it only works for shortcuts. Will look more into it.