Comment a Folder (WinXP)

[Troy Simpson]

Please, no more insulting or patronising responses from MVP's this time
(that means you David Candy & Kelly)... really, believe me, scouts honour
and I'll swear on the bible, I *have* searched google and I *really* can
read english and I can follow simple instructions so long as they're not
based on the "Windows XP Handbook of Fictitious Remedies and False Hope" ...


Hello all,

Using windows explorer I would like to put a comment on a folder so that it
shows in detail view when you select comments as one of the sort headings.
This works for some filetypes, but I can't see any way to make it work on a
folder. It used to work in Win2K, but the same described functionality
isn't available in WinXP (at least using the same methods as for 2K). The
reason I want to do this is so that I can better manage my folders by
applying an alternative sort. To give you an idea of what we want, we'd
like to have folders named with project numbers, and place a helpdesk case
ID in the comments column. Then we can sort the folders by project OR
helpdesk case ID. The alternative is to just put the helpdesk case in the
folder name and use windows search, but that's not as nice.

I'm guessing that I might need a 3rd party utility to do this, I think it's
a feature of NTFS. I have read that NTFS can store extended information
(such as author, title and comments) on files and folders but that could be
a fallacy too. Either way, if someone knows if it can be done, please tell
how, or if it's impossible due to NTFS constraints on WinXP that's fine too,
it'd be good to know either way.

Thanks in advance,

Troy

 

[Jay]

Please, no more insulting or patronising responses from MVP's this time
(that means you David Candy & Kelly)...

Phew, so I'm not the only one who gets it from K.
I'm also keen to know how to do this as I only seem to have the ability to
add comments to files not folders.

Jay




really, believe me, scouts honour

 

[David Candy]

You were f*cking told how to do it.

 

[Troy Simpson]

You were f*cking told how to do it.

Behold "David Candy", ***MVP***.

David, I politely told you your answer did not work. You for some reason
cannot get queried about why something cannot work without flying off the
handle; leave your personal stuff personal. That's why when I started this
thread I explicitly requested that you didn't bother replying because #1 you
can't give me an answer that works (so if you don't know then don't bother
answering or at least leave it as a suggestion only) and #2 you don't know
how to be civil. My complaint has already been sent earlier today regarding
your MVP status and your replies (along with the attached posts), so let's
see if Microsoft maintains the high standard that the title MVP is meant to
represent and remove your "MVP" title because you don't deserve it. Even if
there was some technical truth in your original reply that I missed, then
why could you not have simply pointed out where I was in error and the whole
query would have been over in a paragraph.

Since you are so adamant that your original answer was correct then I
challenge you to post a reply with a screenshot of a folder displaying a
comment beside it in detail view with an explanation of exactly how you did
it, then we can all see that you were right and I had it wrong, but it won't
excuse your rudeness when I was just asking a question. Say "learn to read"
to someone in person who is trying to find a solution to a tech problem and
you'll get more than a written response. If you can't post a screenshot
with an explanation then you've done nothing more than make a total fool of
yourself.

If David can't show that his answer works, the original question opening
this thread is still open. I won't bite, I promise


Troy



You were f*cking told how to do it.

 

[David Candy]

F*ckhead this is your question.

You could put a comment on a folder in Win2K as this article shows :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techenthusiast/tricks/customization/filedetails.asp.

Is there a way to do the same in Windows XP?

I told you how.

 

[Troy Simpson]

And, so, where's the attached screenshot on how you reproduced this in
WinXP? You're not doing yourself any favours. Your original explanation
did not work and you still can't even substantiate your answer to us (yes,
there's more than one of us posting now who can't do this).

Post a screenshot and an explanation bigshot. But you won't because your
answer doesn't work, right? You know it's ok to be wrong once in a while.
Take a long hard look at the gif I have attached to this message and you
will see a tooltip showing my test comment, but nothing showing under
comment or anything else listed beside the folder. Now you post a
screenshot showing the tooltip and the comment beside the folder along with
the long-awaited explanation as to what I am supposedly doing wrong.



F*ckhead this is your question.

You could put a comment on a folder in Win2K as this article shows :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techenthusiast/tricks/customization/filedetails.asp.

Is there a way to do the same in Windows XP?

I told you how.

 

[David Candy]

Your question is how to add a folder comment. I told you.

 

[Troy Simpson]

Your question is how to add a folder comment. I told you.

And my reply to your answer was :

Thanks David,

This won't be useful to me unless I can see the column in Detail View. How
am I able to see that, or is there another way of inserting a comment?
Thanks!

Your reply :

I just told you. Learn to read.

So what you really meant was that you have no idea. So why did you intrude
back into this thread with the comment :

You were f*cking told how to do it.

So, learn to read David. Stop wasting my time with remarks that don't even
have any point except for some kind of self-degredation. I'm sure there's
other forums where you can do that with others of your, uh, mindset.

Now that David's finished with this conversation, does anyone know of a
utility that can provide a solution to the big question that this thread
started out on?


Troy




Your question is how to add a folder comment. I told you.

 

[David Candy]

I've answered you. I told you how to set a folder comment in XP. I warned you there is very little support for it. You choose to abuse me for answering your specific question. I can tell you a second way to do it but the results will be the worse, nothing will show it.

Don't use detail view and use infotips. You even said you saw it. So therefore I am right and you are wrong. I tell you right information and you abuse me. You don't like the answer. So f*ck off from here.

 

[Troy Simpson]

I tell you right information and you abuse me. You don't like the answer.
So f*ck off from here.

So my reply :

.... is classed as 'abuse'?

And your reply :

....was just a justified response to that abuse? There's only one person
doing the abusing between you and I David and it's not me

Learn to read David, the threads are there for all to see, but you
apparently are the only one with the comprehension problem. Learn some
social skills apart from those between you and your computer, then come back
when you can be civil.


Troy




I've answered you. I told you how to set a folder comment in XP. I warned
you there is very little support for it. You choose to abuse me for
answering your specific question. I can tell you a second way to do it but
the results will be the worse, nothing will show it.

Don't use detail view and use infotips. You even said you saw it. So
therefore I am right and you are wrong. I tell you right information and you
abuse me. You don't like the answer. So f*ck off from here.

 

[David Candy]

There's no answer that suits you as you seem NOT to want folder comments. Don't do anything and you won't get them. Now f*ck off and waste people's time elsewhere.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Using windows explorer I would like to put a comment on a folder so that it
shows in detail view when you select comments as one of the sort headings.
This works for some filetypes, but I can't see any way to make it work on a
folder. It used to work in Win2K, but the same described functionality
isn't available in WinXP (at least using the same methods as for 2K).

I am not sure how it would have been done on 2000. But in XP the
metadata of this sort for files, where provided, is usually included
inside the files themselves, and anything further would need to be
defined for the file type so at to create a record in NTFS Metadata.
That could only be available on an NTFS drive and such an aspect is not
included for Folders - deliberately so that they work identically in FAT
32. The Customise aspect of folders is included in the desktop.ini file
in the folder itself. To include data from that as another column in
details, you would have to write yourself an add-on. You can see an
illustration of that in the add-on column for folder size currently
under development - see
http://www.codeproject.com/shell/DirectorySize.asp

You have to download the demo and register the DLL to use it. Look into
the more extensive discussion there on how it is done.

 

[Plato]

handle; leave your personal stuff personal. That's why when I started this
thread I explicitly requested that you didn't bother replying because #1 you
can't give me an answer that works (so if you don't know then don't bother
answering or at least leave it as a suggestion only) and #2 you don't know

If I were you. I'd ask for a refund for this service. Cancel the charge
on your credit card asap.

 

[Troy Simpson]

Thanks very much Alex, case closed. Now the long wait until Longhorn, I
think that has the answer I was looking for.


Troy

 

[Troy Simpson]

Yes Plato, very funny... although I can't seem to get a refund on my hours
for all the questions I've answered in MS groups. So maybe I need to ask
for assistance on tech problems instead... Any objections?

 

[Troy Simpson]

David Candy,

You gave a correct answer and decided to reply to the followup question with
abuse, simple. You can deny that all you like, but it's all there in
writing. And I take it back that you're an MVP because you're not. You are
still representing mvps.org by carrying their email address, but I'm
currently fixing that. Next time be civil.





There's no answer that suits you as you seem NOT to want folder comments.
Don't do anything and you won't get them. Now f*ck off and waste people's
time elsewhere.

 

[Troy Simpson]

F*ck off and don't come back. You are not wanted here.

....by you. Tell someone who cares or someone who can do something about it.
That's what I did (the latter). You really don't like being wrong, do you
David?




F*ck off and don't come back. You are not wanted here.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Yes Plato, very funny... although I can't seem to get a refund on my hours
for all the questions I've answered in MS groups.

You need to get the point that people giving replies here are not
Microsoft employees, but people with a desire to help. MVPs don't get
paid, though we get some minor gifts that have a value nowhere near what
a consultancy rate for my time would be. David Candy BTW was an MVP at
one time, but left the program, so he does not even get that. A
demanding or importunate attitude will either be ignored or get a
reaction to 'go get lost'

 

[Troy Simpson]

A demanding or importunate attitude will either be ignored or get a

reaction to 'go get lost'

What makes you say something like that? Do a search on my threads and
you'll see where I started asking the same question as in the opening to
this thread, and where the question ultimately lead to. I appreciate your
reply to how to comment folders, and I'm a good way to completing a DLL
which can show a comment in detail view based on the article that you posted
in your reply. I'll post it on my website when I'm done. That's the sort
of outcome I was looking for in posting this thread and the others.


Troy

 

[David Candy]

Be aware that GetDetailsOf no longer returns either the infotip (IE4 +) or the htmlinfotip (only on ME and 2000)path.

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http://www.counterpunch.org/bageant06132004.html

A demanding or importunate attitude will either be ignored or get a
reaction to 'go get lost'

What makes you say something like that? Do a search on my threads and
you'll see where I started asking the same question as in the opening to
this thread, and where the question ultimately lead to. I appreciate your
reply to how to comment folders, and I'm a good way to completing a DLL
which can show a comment in detail view based on the article that you posted
in your reply. I'll post it on my website when I'm done. That's the sort
of outcome I was looking for in posting this thread and the others.


Troy