Problem adding a comment to a file.

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XP help says:
To addaa comment to a file
Right-click the file that you want to add a comment to, and then click
Properties.
On the Summary tab, in the Comments area, type your comment, and then click
OK.
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But In a folder in which I have a Comments Col, when I right click on a file
[rtf or txt or shortcut] and chose Properties I do not get any Summary Tab
just a plain old style properties page.
Any help appreciated.
Lois
 
The file system needs to be NTFS for the Summary tab to appear on the
property sheet. In My Computer right click the drive that contains the file
and click Properties. The File system label should tell you if NTFS or
FAT32 is on the drive. If it is FAT32 you will need to convert the drive to
NTFS:

convert x: /FS:NTFS

where "x:" is the drive letter you want to convert to NTFS. If it is your
system drive you will need to reboot for the conversion to complete.

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Thanks for the info.
I use only Fat32 so I can dual boot to Win98SE also.
I prefer W98 to Xp in almost every way--I have many problems and annoyances
with XP, even though I have done a clean reinstall less than two months ago.
I esp. miss the ability to save the results of Finds. I dislike its frequent
"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and must close."
I only use XP because its ability to modify process priority makes it
bearable to run programs like NewsRover on newsgroups with many messages
which otherwise almost precludes doing anything else at the same time.
Lois
 
If only the XP partition was changed to NTFS would I then be able to add
comments to files on the other partitions too?
 
No.

But OLE compound files (word docs (but not RTF), excel, etc) store comments in the file so that works on Fat32.
 
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