writeaway Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Kinda desperate here. I've always used the Comments field/column in Windows Explorer to keep notes on files. It is hugely helpful to me with my hundreds of files. Recently, I discovered that my notes are disappearing when I make a change to a file and save it. I clung to SP 2 for as long as possible before I installed SP3. Did Microsoft take out the ability to use the Properties dialogue box for anything useful? If that is the case, what can I do to salvage my hundreds of notes? Is there some software out there that will allow me to make notes/comments in a way that I could see the information in Explorer? Is there an Explorer replacement that I could use that will give some way to write a description of my files? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted July 15, 2010 Moderators Share Posted July 15, 2010 I've not used this myself but there is a software mentioned on this page that I have seen mentioned elsewhere http://www.mcuniverse.com/Add-Notes-to-Files-Folders.1662.0.html Also more discussion here http://tenmov.es/2008/03/28/how-to-add-comments-to-files-win-xp/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Also might consider sitting down and spending some time restructuring your folders/file names No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writeaway Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 I've not used this myself but there is a software mentioned on this page that I have seen mentioned elsewhere http://www.mcuniverse.com/Add-Notes-to-Files-Folders.1662.0.html Also more discussion here http://tenmov.es/2008/03/28/how-to-add-comments-to-files-win-xp/ Thank you hazelnut for answering. Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I understand how adding comments is done. That's what I've been doing. What I was trying to say is: It isn't working anymore. Once the Date Modified is changed, the metadata is deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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