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Enable Explorer in Vista, Windows 7 and later to see, edit and search on tags and other metadata for any file type In Windows XP, Explorer could see and edit metadata (for example comments or tags) for...
View ArticleClosed Unassigned: Installation doesn't work, broke Windows Explorer [9387]
Ever since installing File Metadata for x64 on Windows 7, I am still unable to edit meta for files like txt, and Explorer is having some major issues: File deletions and folder creation are not...
View ArticleNew Post: Adding Meta Data to a file type that already has a handler.
Hi shadow98cat I'm sorry about the delayed response, I've just been going through the Discussions, and found that I missed this one. Icon and Preview handlers are separately registered Explorer...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista, and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags and comments,...
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What is it and how does it work?XP, Vista and File MetadataWhat you seePlugging into WindowsFAQComponentsFileMetaPropertyHandlerFileMetaContextMenuHandlerFileMetaAssociationManagerSearchCommand Line...
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Enable Explorer in Vista, Windows 7 and later to see, edit and search on tags and other metadata for any file type In Windows XP, Explorer could see and edit metadata (for example comments or tags) for...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleUpdated Wiki: XP, Vista and File Metadata
This page describes the evolution of metadata storage from XP to Vista (and later), and shows how File Metadata restores old capabilities in a new context. Storing Metadata If metadata, such as tags...
View ArticleNew Post: Can't see my existing data
Having delved into how XP handled metadata, there is another explanation that fits all the facts. XP had built-in support for OLE Compound Documents, which was a mechanism for storing data files with...
View ArticleNew Post: Filemeta and Mediainfo
Hello everyone, newbie here. I'd like to say thank you to the author for a a very good program and report a small bug. I have a machine with Windows Vista + service pack 1. About .mpg files, I noticed...
View ArticleNew Post: Folder Metadata?
Your software is really very useful for us. Thanks for your work. And I think tag for folder will be an enhance to this software. I am not familiar with ntfs ads. But I know that we can add ads stream...
View ArticleNew Post: Filemeta and Mediainfo
Hi Milkyway70 I had a look at MediaInfo, down to some of the source code, and it all looks innocent enough. When you say 'activated', do you mean: MediaInfo window open, showing information for a file?...
View ArticleNew Post: Folder Metadata?
Thank you whhfly2003, that is very useful. I hadn't realised that alternate streams would work with folders on NTFS in the same way that they do with files. Of course, that opens up the possibility of...
View ArticleNew Post: Filemeta and Mediainfo
Hello Dijji and thanks for the quick response. When I say "activated", I mean Mediainfo set (in its program) to display the infos. Usually I don't even open the program window, it simply works in...
View ArticleNew Post: Filemeta and Mediainfo
Hi Milkyway70 To answer your second question first, Windows does have to have heard of an extension for it to appear in File Association Manager. Happily, however, all it takes to register a completely...
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