Re: Comment a Folder (WinXP)

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From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:10:00 +1000

I've answered you. I told you how to set a folder comment in XP. I warned you there is very little support for it. You choose to abuse me for answering your specific question. I can tell you a second way to do it but the results will be the worse, nothing will show it.

Don't use detail view and use infotips. You even said you saw it. So therefore I am right and you are wrong. I tell you right information and you abuse me. You don't like the answer. So f*ck off from here. 

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"Troy Simpson" <troysnet@SNIPhotmail.com> wrote in message news:ela0L4RWEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >Your question is how to add a folder comment. I told you.
> 
> And my reply to your answer was :
> 
> >Thanks David,
> 
> >This won't be useful to me unless I can see the column in Detail View.  How
> >am I able to see that, or is there another way of inserting a comment?
> >Thanks!
> 
> Your reply :
> 
> >I just told you. Learn to read.
> 
> So what you really meant was that you have no idea.  So why did you intrude
> back into this thread with the comment :
> 
> >You were f*cking told how to do it.
> 
> So, learn to read David.  Stop wasting my time with remarks that don't even
> have any point except for some kind of self-degredation.  I'm sure there's
> other forums where you can do that with others of your, uh, mindset.
> 
> Now that David's finished with this conversation, does anyone know of a
> utility that can provide a solution to the big question that this thread
> started out on?
> 
> 
> Troy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:O%23UEitRWEHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Your question is how to add a folder comment. I told you.
> 
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> http://www.counterpunch.org/bageant06132004.html
> "Troy Simpson" <troysnet@SNIPhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e$PmsaRWEHA.2168@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > And, so, where's the attached screenshot on how you reproduced this in
> > WinXP?  You're not doing yourself any favours.  Your original explanation
> > did not work and you still can't even substantiate your answer to us (yes,
> > there's more than one of us posting now who can't do this).
> >
> > Post a screenshot and an explanation bigshot.  But you won't because your
> > answer doesn't work, right?  You know it's ok to be wrong once in a while.
> > Take a long hard look at the gif I have attached to this message and you
> > will see a tooltip showing my test comment, but nothing showing under
> > comment or anything else listed beside the folder.  Now you post a
> > screenshot showing the tooltip and the comment beside the folder along
> with
> > the long-awaited explanation as to what I am supposedly doing wrong.
> >
> >
> >
> > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:u$UcKNRWEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > F*ckhead this is your question.
> >
> >     You could put a comment on a folder in Win2K as this article shows :
> >
> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techenthusiast/tricks/customization/filedetails.asp.
> >
> >     Is there a way to do the same in Windows XP?
> >
> > I told you how.
> >
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> > http://www.counterpunch.org/bageant06132004.html
> > "Troy Simpson" <troysnet@SNIPhotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:usSEp7QWEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > >> You were f*cking told how to do it.
> > >
> > > Behold "David Candy", ***MVP***.
> > >
> > > David, I politely told you your answer did not work.  You for some
> reason
> > > cannot get queried about why something cannot work without flying off
> the
> > > handle; leave your personal stuff personal.  That's why when I started
> > this
> > > thread I explicitly requested that you didn't bother replying because #1
> > you
> > > can't give me an answer that works (so if you don't know then don't
> bother
> > > answering or at least leave it as a suggestion only) and #2 you don't
> know
> > > how to be civil.  My complaint has already been sent earlier today
> > regarding
> > > your MVP status and your replies (along with the attached posts), so
> let's
> > > see if Microsoft maintains the high standard that the title MVP is meant
> > to
> > > represent and remove your "MVP" title because you don't deserve it.
> Even
> > if
> > > there was some technical truth in your original reply that I missed,
> then
> > > why could you not have simply pointed out where I was in error and the
> > whole
> > > query would have been over in a paragraph.
> > >
> > > Since you are so adamant that your original answer was correct then I
> > > challenge you to post a reply with a screenshot of a folder displaying a
> > > comment beside it in detail view with an explanation of exactly how you
> > did
> > > it, then we can all see that you were right and I had it wrong, but it
> > won't
> > > excuse your rudeness when I was just asking a question.  Say "learn to
> > read"
> > > to someone in person who is trying to find a solution to a tech problem
> > and
> > > you'll get more than a written response.  If you can't post a screenshot
> > > with an explanation then you've done nothing more than make a total fool
> > of
> > > yourself.
> > >
> > > If David can't show that his answer works, the original question opening
> > > this thread is still open.  I won't bite, I promise ;)
> > >
> > >
> > > Troy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > > news:ehFKBPQWEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > You were f*cking told how to do it.
> > >
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> > > http://www.counterpunch.org/bageant06132004.html
> > > "Troy Simpson" <troysnet@SNIPhotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:OkyZlnNWEHA.2844@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Please, no more insulting or patronising responses from MVP's this
> time
> > > > (that means you David Candy & Kelly)...  really, believe me, scouts
> > honour
> > > > and I'll swear on the bible, I *have* searched google and I *really*
> can
> > > > read english and I can follow simple instructions so long as they're
> not
> > > > based on the "Windows XP Handbook of Fictitious Remedies and False
> Hope"
> > > ...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > Using windows explorer I would like to put a comment on a folder so
> that
> > > it
> > > > shows in detail view when you select comments as one of the sort
> > headings.
> > > > This works for some filetypes, but I can't see any way to make it work
> > on
> > > a
> > > > folder.  It used to work in Win2K, but the same described
> functionality
> > > > isn't available in WinXP (at least using the same methods as for 2K).
> > The
> > > > reason I want to do this is so that I can better manage my folders by
> > > > applying an alternative sort.  To give you an idea of  what we want,
> > we'd
> > > > like to have folders named with project numbers, and place a helpdesk
> > case
> > > > ID in the comments column.  Then we can sort the folders by project OR
> > > > helpdesk case ID.  The alternative is to just put the helpdesk case in
> > the
> > > > folder name and use windows search, but that's not as nice.
> > > >
> > > > I'm guessing that I might need a 3rd party utility to do this, I think
> > > it's
> > > > a feature of NTFS.  I have read that NTFS can store extended
> information
> > > > (such as author, title and comments) on files and folders but that
> could
> > > be
> > > > a fallacy too.  Either way, if someone knows if it can be done, please
> > > tell
> > > > how, or if it's impossible due to NTFS constraints on WinXP that's
> fine
> > > too,
> > > > it'd be good to know either way.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Troy
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>

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