How to enable the summary tab for folders

[Guest]

I need to add comments to my folders. I found out that I need to add them in
the summary tab of the folder properties. However i dont find the summary tab
when i right click the folder and say properties. How do i enable the summary
tab ? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Normally Folder Properties doesn't have the Summary tab, only File
Properties has the Summary tab.

Except....
OL2000: (CW) Permission Tab and Summary Tab Missing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196341


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[Gerry Cornell]

The Summary tab only appears with certain types of file and not folders.

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[Guest]

Thanks Wesley,
I had been thro this link. It talks more about Microsoft outlook folders and
not general Windows folders.

Also i found out that the only way to put in comments for folders is to
share them.
The share tab has a comment field. Thats what got me started on the whole
thing. I saw a comment alongside one of my friends folders and wanted to do
it for myself too. But now the only way left is to share my folders too.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Agninatha,

Yep. Shared Folders...

[[To add a comment about the shared folder or drive, type the text in
the Comment box. ]]
How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307874

You can share your folders with me.

I found a way if you want to put up with the pop-ups.

Select these options in Folder Options...
Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
View tab | Select:
Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
and
Display File Size Information In Folder Tips | Click Apply | Click OK

Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
[[Specifies that a description of a selected folder or desktop item is
displayed in a pop-up window. When you select this check box, the pop-up
description appears even if Web content is not enabled on your desktop
or in folders.]]

[[You can add a detailed explanation about the folder's contents to the
pop-up by creating a Desktop.ini file, which is a straight text file,
and adding a special entry to it. In order for this technique to work,
you have to assign an icon to the folder. Here's how:

1. Right-click the folder and select Properties.
2. From the Properties dialog box, select the Customize tab, and then
click the Change Icon button.
3. In the Change Icon dialog box, select an icon from the selections
and click OK.
4. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
5. Open the folder, locate the Desktop.ini file, and double-click it.
6. Add InfoTip= to the end of the Desktop.ini file.
7. Type your detailed description immediately after the = sign.
8. Go to File | Save and close Notepad.

You'll see your detailed pop-up description the next time you mouse over
that folder. ]]

Add detailed pop-up descriptions to folder icons in Windows XP
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10590_11-5587642.html


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Had been thro this link also. Its after all this i came here.
My reqmt is pretty stringent. Anyways im managing by sharing all the folders
and using my own network path to see the comments. Was not a easy thing to do.

Thanks for all the help.

Agninatha,

Yep. Shared Folders...

[[To add a comment about the shared folder or drive, type the text in
the Comment box. ]]
How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307874

You can share your folders with me.

I found a way if you want to put up with the pop-ups.

Select these options in Folder Options...
Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
View tab | Select:
 Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
and
 Display File Size Information In Folder Tips | Click Apply | Click OK

Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
[[Specifies that a description of a selected folder or desktop item is
displayed in a pop-up window. When you select this check box, the pop-up
description appears even if Web content is not enabled on your desktop
or in folders.]]

[[You can add a detailed explanation about the folder's contents to the
pop-up by creating a Desktop.ini file, which is a straight text file,
and adding a special entry to it. In order for this technique to work,
you have to assign an icon to the folder. Here's how:

1. Right-click the folder and select Properties.
2. From the Properties dialog box, select the Customize tab, and then
click the Change Icon button.
3. In the Change Icon dialog box, select an icon from the selections
and click OK.
4. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
5. Open the folder, locate the Desktop.ini file, and double-click it.
6. Add InfoTip= to the end of the Desktop.ini file.
7. Type your detailed description immediately after the = sign.
8. Go to File | Save and close Notepad.

You'll see your detailed pop-up description the next time you mouse over
that folder. ]]

Add detailed pop-up descriptions to folder icons in Windows XP
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10590_11-5587642.html


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks Wesley,
I had been thro this link. It talks more about Microsoft outlook
folders and not general Windows folders.

Also i found out that the only way to put in comments for folders is
to share them.
The share tab has a comment field. Thats what got me started on the
whole thing. I saw a comment alongside one of my friends folders and
wanted to do it for myself too. But now the only way left is to share
my folders too.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Check back here over the next week or so, maybe someone will post
something that'll help.

Keep having fun.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Had been thro this link also. Its after all this i came here.
My reqmt is pretty stringent. Anyways im managing by sharing all the
folders and using my own network path to see the comments. Was not a
easy thing to do.

Thanks for all the help.

Agninatha,

Yep. Shared Folders...

[[To add a comment about the shared folder or drive, type the text in
the Comment box. ]]
How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared
folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307874

You can share your folders with me.

I found a way if you want to put up with the pop-ups.

Select these options in Folder Options...
Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
View tab | Select:
 Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
and
 Display File Size Information In Folder Tips | Click Apply |
Click OK

Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
[[Specifies that a description of a selected folder or desktop item
is displayed in a pop-up window. When you select this check box, the
pop-up description appears even if Web content is not enabled on
your desktop or in folders.]]

[[You can add a detailed explanation about the folder's contents to
the pop-up by creating a Desktop.ini file, which is a straight text
file, and adding a special entry to it. In order for this technique
to work, you have to assign an icon to the folder. Here's how:

1. Right-click the folder and select Properties.
2. From the Properties dialog box, select the Customize tab, and
then click the Change Icon button.
3. In the Change Icon dialog box, select an icon from the selections
and click OK.
4. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
5. Open the folder, locate the Desktop.ini file, and double-click
it.
6. Add InfoTip= to the end of the Desktop.ini file.
7. Type your detailed description immediately after the = sign.
8. Go to File | Save and close Notepad.

You'll see your detailed pop-up description the next time you mouse
over that folder. ]]

Add detailed pop-up descriptions to folder icons in Windows XP
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10590_11-5587642.html


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks Wesley,
I had been thro this link. It talks more about Microsoft outlook
folders and not general Windows folders.

Also i found out that the only way to put in comments for folders is
to share them.
The share tab has a comment field. Thats what got me started on the
whole thing. I saw a comment alongside one of my friends folders
and wanted to do it for myself too. But now the only way left is to
share my folders too.

:

Normally Folder Properties doesn't have the Summary tab, only File
Properties has the Summary tab.

Except....
OL2000: (CW) Permission Tab and Summary Tab Missing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196341


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Agninatha <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I need to add comments to my folders. I found out that I need to
add them in the summary tab of the folder properties. However i
dont find the summary tab when i right click the folder and say
properties. How do i enable the summary tab ? Any help is greatly
appreciated.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

When a folder is in the right pane of Explorer, you will note that a hover on the folder will popup a summary of the first few files
contained in the folder. Create a blank file in that folder with a name that is the summary, using a character to start the filename
that is first in the alphanumeric sort.

Folders don't show summary tabs in the Properties dialog


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[dysamoria]

I need to add comments to my folders. I found out that I need to add
them in
the summary tab of the folder properties. However i dont find the
summary tab
when i right click the folder and say properties. How do i enable the
summary
tab ? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Solution:

1. Create a *.reg file.
2. Put this in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{883373C3-BF89-11D1-BE35-080036B11A03}]
@="Summary Properties Page"

3. Save it.
4. Double-click on the reg file.
5. Click on the "Yes" button.

Done.

I do not know why I am the ONLY person to have figured this out. I
barely consider myself a tech person any more (I hate the tech person
mentality of blaming the user and I hate computers)

-dysamoria

 

[dysamoria]

UPDATE: Be careful not to get spaces or carraige returns in there...

Solution:

1. Create a *.reg file.
2. Put this in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{883373C3-BF89-11D1-BE35-080036B11A03}]
@="Summary Properties Page"

3. Save it.
4. Double-click on the reg file.
5. Click on the "Yes" button.

Done.

I do not know why I am the ONLY person to have figured this out.
barely consider myself a tech person any more (I hate the tech perso
mentality of blaming the user and I hate computers)

-dysamori