The Importance of being normal

[Jon]

As human beings we understand the importance of being normal. Fitting in.
Being part of the gang. Blending in nicely. Having that sense of belonging.
But have you ever stopped to think whether this might be important for files
and folders too? Do they need to know that they belong too?

Open any explorer window containing a few files or folders and switch to
'details' view.
Right-click on the headings near the top and choose 'More...'
Scroll down the list and you'll find a detail named 'Importance'. Give it a
tick in the checkbox and click 'ok'. With any luck all the files in the
folder will all show 'normal'.

Well, being the kind of guy that I am, I decided to scan my system for the
non-normals, the deviants, those daring to be different. Those with
personality, character, charisma....

Couldn't find any that had an 'Importance' tag that was anything other than
'normal', BUT there were a splattering of files that lacked or had blank
Importance tags!
In all I found about 30 files on this system, that weren't classed as
'normal'. They seemed to come from programs that I'd installed, and were
predominantly .exe or .dll files, plus a few .zip or .cab files.

Any thoughts on the importance of 'Importance', or how some files or folders
come to be classed as 'normal', whereas others fall short of this privilege?


[Comments from both normal and abnormal people appreciated.]

 

[Dave Wood [MS]]

This property is normally of relevance only to e-mail currently. If you use
Outlook you can send and receive mail marked as either High or Low
Importance, and that's recorded in the search index in this property.

 

[watercress_soup]

what would you define in your own personal "importance tag"?

is anyone really "normal"?

 

[Jon]

Aha. Yes, that makes sense. Thanks for the insight Dave.

--
Jon

This property is normally of relevance only to e-mail currently. If you
use Outlook you can send and receive mail marked as either High or Low
Importance, and that's recorded in the search index in this property.

As human beings we understand the importance of being normal. Fitting in.
Being part of the gang. Blending in nicely. Having that sense of
belonging. But have you ever stopped to think whether this might be
important for files and folders too? Do they need to know that they
belong too?

Open any explorer window containing a few files or folders and switch to
'details' view.
Right-click on the headings near the top and choose 'More...'
Scroll down the list and you'll find a detail named 'Importance'. Give it
a tick in the checkbox and click 'ok'. With any luck all the files in the
folder will all show 'normal'.

Well, being the kind of guy that I am, I decided to scan my system for
the non-normals, the deviants, those daring to be different. Those with
personality, character, charisma....

Couldn't find any that had an 'Importance' tag that was anything other
than 'normal', BUT there were a splattering of files that lacked or had
blank Importance tags!
In all I found about 30 files on this system, that weren't classed as
'normal'. They seemed to come from programs that I'd installed, and were
predominantly .exe or .dll files, plus a few .zip or .cab files.

Any thoughts on the importance of 'Importance', or how some files or
folders come to be classed as 'normal', whereas others fall short of this
privilege?


[Comments from both normal and abnormal people appreciated.]

 

[Jon]

2 excellent philosophical questions

--
Jon

what would you define in your own personal "importance tag"?

is anyone really "normal"?

As human beings we understand the importance of being normal. Fitting in.
Being part of the gang. Blending in nicely. Having that sense of
belonging. But have you ever stopped to think whether this might be
important for files and folders too? Do they need to know that they
belong too?

Open any explorer window containing a few files or folders and switch to
'details' view.
Right-click on the headings near the top and choose 'More...'
Scroll down the list and you'll find a detail named 'Importance'. Give it
a tick in the checkbox and click 'ok'. With any luck all the files in the
folder will all show 'normal'.

Well, being the kind of guy that I am, I decided to scan my system for
the non-normals, the deviants, those daring to be different. Those with
personality, character, charisma....

Couldn't find any that had an 'Importance' tag that was anything other
than 'normal', BUT there were a splattering of files that lacked or had
blank Importance tags!
In all I found about 30 files on this system, that weren't classed as
'normal'. They seemed to come from programs that I'd installed, and were
predominantly .exe or .dll files, plus a few .zip or .cab files.

Any thoughts on the importance of 'Importance', or how some files or
folders come to be classed as 'normal', whereas others fall short of this
privilege?


[Comments from both normal and abnormal people appreciated.]