New Post: Tags organizer utility - or: How useful are keywords / tags without...
Greetings, this File Metadata utility closes a much needed gap on windows systems for me. I would love to use it, but I haven't found any way to get a look at the tags present on my system. There seem...
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How do you uninstall and revert back to original file with no meta data input?
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Uninstalling File Meta does not delete the metadata associated with the file. You need to delete the metadata first using the delete function in the context menu provided by File Meta, or alternatively...
View ArticleNew Post: Tags organizer utility - or: How useful are keywords / tags without...
I just need to clear up one terminological point before I answer your question. System.Comment, for example, is a property, not a tag. Tags are held in a particular property, called, somewhat...
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Hey Dijji, many thanks for your quick reply and for the technological clarification. It is the "tags" (System.Keywords) I am mostly interested in. My question above was not about where to see all...
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Thanks Dijji, but the delete function doesn't delete files already associated with handlers. I even reinstalled windows and can still edit metadata in files. Is there no way to revert back before...
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You’re right, I missed a step. To fully remove all traces of File Meta you need to:delete all meta data using the context menu or the command line tooluse the File Association Manager to remove the...
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If you go into the File Association Manager, and press the Custom Profiles button, then all the property groups and properties currently defined on the system are shown in the controls labelled...
View ArticleNew Post: Tags organizer utility - or: How useful are keywords / tags without...
Thanks for the great work. I was looking for a organizer utility too. Because the system language is not English and my poor English, sometimes I cant find/associate the property name in explorer and...
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I don’t know of any utility that will give you the name. I agree that it would be great if the Custom Profile Definition showed both names. I will add it to the list of things to do for the next...
View ArticleCreated Feature: Show property display name in Association Manager [9716]
Show the display name as well as the formal property name in the Association Manager, to aid correlation with the names used in Windows Explorer
View ArticleNew Post: Export to/Import From
It would be nice if filemeta would have the option in the context menu to export metadata/import metadata from the folder of my choosing, I like to keep my metadata backups hidden, but it's a little...
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Your context menu idea is a good suggestion. I will add it to the list for the next release. Yes, I will be migrating to GitHub. At the moment, I’m just waiting for the migration tools promised by...
View ArticleNew Post: Possibility to avoid saving metadate to file itself
Hi there, First of all, I love your tool. It's very handy. I would like to sync the files of several pc's via cloud. The main problem is that every time I change the meta data a file the client of the...
View ArticleNew Post: Possibility to avoid saving metadate to file itself
Hi It would be possible to store the meta data in a separate XML file rather than the alternate stream attached to the file, but it would present a different set of problems. For instance, where would...
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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 News: this project will continue to be maintained and supported after CodePlex shuts...
View ArticleUpdated Release: Property Tester 1.0 (Apr 25, 2017)
Property Tester 1.0 is a tool to help diagnose problems writing metadata properties. It has been significantly revised compared to the beta version to simplify its usage and capture more error cases.To...
View ArticleUpdated Release: Property Tester 1.0 (Apr 25, 2017)
Property Tester 1.0 is a tool to help diagnose problems writing metadata properties. It has been significantly revised compared to the beta version to simplify its usage and capture more error cases.To...
View ArticleReleased: Property Tester 1.0 (Apr 25, 2017)
Property Tester 1.0 is a tool to help diagnose problems writing metadata properties. It has been significantly revised compared to the beta version to simplify its usage and capture more error cases....
View ArticleUpdated Release: Property Tester 1.0 (Apr 25, 2017)
Property Tester 1.0 is a tool to help diagnose problems writing metadata properties. It has been significantly revised compared to the beta version to simplify its usage and capture more error cases.To...
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