Preface#
Friends, good morning, afternoon, and evening. I would like to remind everyone to remember to drink more water before and after meals.
I have a "registry cleanliness obsession" and usually install "portable versions" of software.
'Portable version' means no installation is required, just unzip and use.
But this leads to all sorts of strange folders in my "D:\software" folder, and sometimes I don't even know which folder is for which software.
In fact, Windows provides a "Remarks" column, where you can modify the desktop.ini configuration file in the folder to add remarks. You can also directly copy the desktop.ini configuration file to multiple folders of the same type to achieve unified remarks.
However, if there are many folders with different purposes, it is inconvenient to directly copy the desktop.ini file.
In addition, it may be necessary to add remarks to many single-file programs. Since files do not have a desktop.ini configuration file, other methods need to be used.
Modifying Folder Remarks#
Directly modifying the desktop.ini file#
First, you need to modify the Windows file hiding settings.
Then, add "InfoTip=xxx" (xxx is the desired remark content) below "...Resource..." line.
Finally, refresh the list.
(Recommended) Using a pre-packaged Python project#
I use the windows-folder-remark project here.
Project address: https://github.com/piratf/windows-folder-remark
The usage is very simple.
First, download the zip file of the repository, unzip it, and open the "windows-folder-remark-master\dist\remark" folder. Find the remark.exe file and double-click to run it.
Then, drag the folder you want to modify the remarks into the opened window.
Press Enter. Then, enter the desired remark content.
Refresh the folder list and wait a moment.
If the folder contains illegal characters such as "space", the quotation marks need to be removed.
Press Enter again, and enter the desired remark name to modify.
A small tip: You can pin remark.exe to the first position on the taskbar. You can quickly open and use it by pressing Win+1.
Modifying File Remarks#
I use the FileMeta project.
Project address: https://github.com/Dijji/FileMeta
I will use .md files as an example.
In the "File Extensions" section, find .md and click to select it.
Choose "Simple" from the left dropdown menu, and finally click "Add...".
In the second step, click "Custom...".
In the new window, make sure that "System.Comment" is in the "Full details" section (note that there is no asterisk *).
If there is an asterisk *, right-click on it and select "Toggle *".
Remember to restart File Explorer after making the changes.
Finally, right-click on the .md file, go to Properties, then Details, and click on Remarks to modify it.
The same steps can be applied to other file types.
Download Links#
For the convenience of readers behind the Great Firewall, I provide offline files.
windows-folder-remark: https://ycpie.lanzout.com/iqqf917ci6hc
FileMeta: https://www.123pan.com/s/tu5RVv-P6e3d.html
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