About this tag
Discussions on WindowsForum.com about custom properties cover a range of use cases, including extracting components from long file names into custom metadata fields for migration, adding custom tags to folders for sorting in File Explorer, and using CSS Custom Properties in Microsoft Edge. One thread addresses a crash in Explorer.exe after adding custom properties to a .doc file in Windows 7. These topics highlight how custom properties are used for file management, metadata mapping, and web development within the Windows ecosystem.
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    Extracting components of long file names into custom metadata properties

    Good day, I am an ECM Consultant for Datacentrix in South Africa. I have a migration-related question. I hope you can assist. The issue is this: 1. The source system is a Windows shared drive 2. The target system is a document management solution 3. In the source system, the file names are very...
    • LouisaVenter
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    • custom properties data cleanup document management excel report file names long file names metadata migration migration tools windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Custom Property for Folders

    What is the way to add a custom property for folders? This is what I want to do: I have moved all my DVD's to my media pc. I would like to have a custom field for each movie folder where I can add tags like "Young kids" "Older kids" "Family" "Parents" etc so that I can sort the folders by those...
    • Imagine
    • Thread
    • custom properties file explorer file management folders media pc organization sorting suggestions tags user interface
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming and Scripting