a;right... I relent.

[ceagle]

Why on earth can you add comments to some files in Windows (like text and image), but not others (like folders and HTML page files)... ? It just doesn't make sense... I thought it was allowing it on any file, or maybe I was dreaming...
Is this a setting that can be changed to allow comments in the Properties Description Summary in *all* files if I want that?

Thanks in advance for all and any help.

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[altonwings.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good question. Which version of Windows, firstly, are you using?

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

This particular ! came up on a Windows 2000 machine, but it does seem to be the case also on this Windows XP machine... I guess I never noticed, since it's just so easy to comment things on a Mac... :|

[furahi.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, I didn't know you could add comments in the first place ;D

But, maybe, especially if this is not Windows Vista you're talking about, it may be because Windows doesn't keep the comments, but the file itself, and some filetypes allow for comments while others don't?

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

ooo.. *wags* heh, well.. I must say I'm surprised, fluffy.. as I thought you would be among those who knew with certainty ^V^ ... heh.. *lightly wingbaps warthog ears* ... (see my above comment to Alton)

[furahi.livejournal.com]

But I'm a Linux user ;)

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

well then! site:root:ls -l:*snug*.. ^v^

[furahi.livejournal.com]

::fuzzles a silly feathery::

[jedd-marten.livejournal.com]

That's because those comments get stored in the directory containing the file, not the file itself. Behaviour is windows version dependent. :)

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

verrrrrry eeeenteresteeeeng... (a'la Artie Johnson (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062601/))... ;D

So ooooo!... does that mean the information is lost if the file is moved or copied to another directory, or is it kept with it..? (goes to try)..
ah HA!... It *does* copy the information to the new dir! ^V^

Still curious if other files not presently with the ability to have comments (like HTM files) can be given that commenting ability.

In fact, I think some files have secret stashes of meta-info about them and their origin. Some browser versions for instance will log the URL of files when saved. I suspect that they *all* do, but only some show it up front, whereas others hide it.

Based on your note about directories/comments, I'll give up on a folder itself being 'commentable', but it'd be nice if I could do so with htm files, and/or locate where their hidden meta-info is :D (probably in the registry, but wondering if viewable otherwise, if present...) *wags*..

[jedd-marten.livejournal.com]

I do know there are warnings from backup software that "additional information about the file will be lost" if I copy such files on their own to a CD or DVD.
HTML files do have a special feature in that they can have a whole directory of stuff associated with them. Try saving an html file with the option "Webpage, complete" and you will see what I mean. I'm not sure, but suspect this special aspect uses the same resources that would have been used had commenting been allowed.

marten brains!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

wow.. yesh, that makes a lotta sense actually.. I wonderurf that's it!
Indeedy, I think the "save complete" setting is the default these days too.. and instead of just the older .MHT style, it does that multiple file-in-folder catch of the online goodies.
I'll haveta fire up an ole win95 machine and peek too, since I coulda sworn it saved URL origins in one of the browsers... heh! Like you said, version to version differences ;9
Thanks as always! *eagly airmails you a package of snarfberries, with gratitude!*

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

This is strange and needs further research. I have no idea why HTML files are specifically excluded. The summary info is stored in an NTFS alternate data stream, which should work for any file.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Yessir! Glad to have you and your expertise on board ^V^
Seems that way on both XP and win2k over here.... does that seem about the same over there on your stuff?
At first I was wondering if it might be a part of all the security updates or .NET framework, but that's unclear, and may not be the case.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's the same here, although I haven't checked how it is on Windows Server 2003 yet. If anything, I think it's Windows Explorer shenanigans.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

ooo yesh... have a look at some of the comments by Jedd and see if that might sound like it also. Additionally I plan to test a win95 machine to see what that is like... I thought it was different, but it's been a long time since I checked.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

No, "webpage, complete" is something entirely different and is a function of the web browser. Firefox (and also K-Meleon) actually creates a folder of files when you do that. IE stores an MHT file.

fluffffy flufffffy flufffffffy..... tsk...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*fluffs you*

um.... *lifts wing humbly...* ...er, sorry sir.. um, but.. uh, I.E. used to only do that, but now it also has the Folder and Files feature as well... How long since you upgraded? ^V^ ... *meeep* :}