Hi Harry
it sounds as though things are working fine, by and large, as demonstrated by the fact that you can set properties and have them displayed in the details tab of the properties dialog for files, such as text files, on which this would not normally be possible.
So you should not need to reboot, or restart Explorer, nor would I expect doing so to make any difference. By the way, killing all instances of explorer.exe, and restarting it, is exactly what the Restart Explorer button in the File Association Manager does.
As far as I know, the fact that the properties do not show up when you hover over a file is expected behaviour. I do not know of anything that can modify the set of properties that Explorer shows there. But I would expect the properties to show up in the Details Pane, which does indeed by default show up at the bottom of the Explorer window in Windows 7. I have posted screenshots of what you would expect to see in both Windows 7 and Windows 8 and later in the documentation here . However, you mention looking in the Preview Pane, which is a different area, and shows the content of the file rather than its properties. What version of Windows are you on, and can you confirm that the Details Pane is being displayed?
Dijji
it sounds as though things are working fine, by and large, as demonstrated by the fact that you can set properties and have them displayed in the details tab of the properties dialog for files, such as text files, on which this would not normally be possible.
So you should not need to reboot, or restart Explorer, nor would I expect doing so to make any difference. By the way, killing all instances of explorer.exe, and restarting it, is exactly what the Restart Explorer button in the File Association Manager does.
As far as I know, the fact that the properties do not show up when you hover over a file is expected behaviour. I do not know of anything that can modify the set of properties that Explorer shows there. But I would expect the properties to show up in the Details Pane, which does indeed by default show up at the bottom of the Explorer window in Windows 7. I have posted screenshots of what you would expect to see in both Windows 7 and Windows 8 and later in the documentation here . However, you mention looking in the Preview Pane, which is a different area, and shows the content of the file rather than its properties. What version of Windows are you on, and can you confirm that the Details Pane is being displayed?
Dijji