How do you add text?

[solrak55]

Hi there,
Does anybody know how to add text to those text boxes that pop-up with a yellow background when you put the mouse pointer over the file?
Yes, I want to be able to add text of my own inside those Pop-up text boxes I'm using Windows XP, is there a special setting that I haven't seen or is there a program that does this.?
Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Inside windows explorer? you can't.

 

[solrak55]

OK, let's say I have some files in a folder that I need to keep organized, and I dont want to have to open every file to see what's in it, I want to be able to write some info. in the little Pop-up text box that comes up, is that possible?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: solrak55
OK, let's say I have some files in a folder that I need to keep organized, and I dont want to have to open every file to see what's in it, I want to be able to write some info. in the little Pop-up text box that comes up, is that possible?

no.

 

[solrak55]

Well, explain this if you could, Why do some files (eg. mp3's) display a lot more information than others, what makes that happen? there's got to be a way of doing it.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Well, MP3s have built-in "tags", Word files have a built-in summary. Windows extracts these automatically.

So to see extra information:
1. The document type has to have a description / summary type field
2. You have to be able to set / change that information (e.g. with an MP3 tag editor)
3. Windows Explorer has to know how to extract that description / summary field.

So no.

 

[singh]

Can you do COM programming

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: singh
Can you do COM programming

At that level you can write your own Windows Explorer replacement. Probably not too hard in MFC since VC6 added the explorer-like project skeleton.

 

[solrak55]

Originally posted by: singh
Can you do COM programming

Are you kiddin'? I did't think you had to be a programmer to do that, but , oh well, I guess for what everyone is saying it seems like I won't be able to acheive what I want to do.
thanks

 

[Argo]

Suggestion: in winxp open file properties dialog. In the summary tab (last tab) enter the text you want. Hover the mouse over the file. If the text that you entered doesn't show up you're out of luck.

 

[solrak55]

If the text that you entered doesn't show up you're out of luck.

Argo, thanks very much for your reply, but I tried that already, the problem is that the sumary only shows in certain files (mp3's) and not text files or other types, I wish I knew how this is done, I don't think it's a matter of luck though.

 

[glugglug]

works with all files for me.....
just type in the description line on the comments tab.

Note: works only on NTFS partitions. Can't do it on my FAT32 partitions.

P.S. Playing around with this I see that that file metadata goes into an unchecked buffer somewhere. I created some files (intentionally) that crash explorer to try it. I bet this is exploitable.

 

[solrak55]

Originally posted by: glugglug
works with all files for me.....
just type in the description line on the comments tab.

Note: works only on NTFS partitions. Can't do it on my FAT32 partitions.

haha! so it works on NTFS partitions, I'm using FAT 32 here, now, I'll have to try it in a NTFS and see for myself.
thanks bro.