I did try mklink, and the link between .txt and .htm is working as expected now. The only little glitch is that Windows Explorer doesn't show all the same metadata for .txt and .htm.
I changed my text editor preferences so that it updates inplace when saving. And the metadata still disappears. I tired a simpler experiment.
echo xyz >>file.txt <== append to the file and the metadata is preserved
echo xyz >file.txt <== overwrite the file and the metadata is gone
I changed my text editor preferences so that it updates inplace when saving. And the metadata still disappears. I tired a simpler experiment.
echo xyz >>file.txt <== append to the file and the metadata is preserved
echo xyz >file.txt <== overwrite the file and the metadata is gone